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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...even envisage the necessity of taking measures for the restrictions of imports. Whether Germany is regarded in the outside world with sympathy or antipathy is wholly immaterial in comparison with the fact that the abstention of 66.000,000 first-class consumers from the world's markets would spell disaster to world economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Boycott Front Line | 3/26/1934 | See Source »

...though the passfon might have been reinforced by a little more "sturm" And for the Fifth Symphony of Beethoven it is futile to write words about great music. Unfortunately the Cambridge dowagers were left untouched by the Bach and Schubert, but the outbursts of Beethoven swept away all the spell of "academicism." These choice events of orthodoxy are peculiarly refreshing in their rarity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 3/23/1934 | See Source »

...would be fatal to ignore. Athletes are often under a certain moral pressure from coaches and from their team-mates to take part in those sports in which they are proficient. At present, probation, with its compulsory isolation in the purely curricular, gives a man an enforced breathing spell in which to retrieve his standing. If probation is to be made merely nominal, this change must be accompanied by a thorough-going recognition by coaches and players that each student must decide for himself when his status in college is endangered and when he should put all his time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROBATION | 3/15/1934 | See Source »

...Greek Cabinet, which had once decided to deport him Jan. 31, argued his future for two hours. The Foreign Minister, having taken the brunt of U. S. Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh's ire, was for deportation, the Minister of Interior against. Premier Panayoti Tsaldaris was on the fence. The spell of cold, wet weather Greece has been having decided the argument. Premier Tsaldaris announced that "in the present inclement weather, it would be murder to deport Mr. Insull unless his health improves." Given his cue, Insull's Greek lawyer moaned: "It is impossible to imagine Mr. Insull traveling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Condition Aggravated | 2/26/1934 | See Source »

...first four decades of his life John Hertz never thought of retiring. Austrian-born Jew, he was brought to the U. S. as a child, ran away from home after a spanking. He became a copy-boy in a newspaper office (Chicago Daily News), learned to spell well enough to do police reporting and finally rose to be assistant sports editor. When his newspaper was merged, he started to sell automobiles. He sold them so fast that the trade-ins piled up into a nightmare. Then he hit on the idea of painting his used cars and sending them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Year-End Shifts | 1/8/1934 | See Source »

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