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...Braes," Frederic in Dosoris Lane. Congresswoman Ruth Baker Pratt, widow of Brother John, lives at "Manor House." Between them they have the yachts Carola, Dodger III, Whisper, Tuna. In the centre of their joint estate stand their stables and dairy farm, an institutional affair of red brick, manned by spick-&-span hostlers and milkmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: 240 Cases | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

Average size of the Turtle Islands is 1 mi. by ¼ mi. Total population: 220. Products: a few thousand dollars worth of turtle eggs and copra yearly. The British North Borneo Co. will continue to administer Turtle Island affairs until the U. S. sends out a spick-and-span new government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Sulu Sea Specks | 1/13/1930 | See Source »

...They say the King looks younger!"- breathlessly loyal Britons passed the word. Thousands stood huddled along London curbstones to see and judge for themselves. Beloved George V was coming home at last to Buckingham Palace after his long convalescence at the rustic royal estate of Sandringham. At spick-and-span King's Cross Station a long red carpet had been spread. Baron Byng of Vimy stood stiff and medal-spangled at one end. As Chief of London's Police he was alert and anxious. This time) the route which Royalty would take to the Palace had not been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Come along, Ganpa! | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...Last and most august came Chief Justice Taft, to discuss with President Hoover the U. S. Courts and their relation to the problem of law enforcement. Long has the Chief Justice been troubled by the decline of criminal justice. Having set his own high court at the Capitol in spick-and-span order, he was ready to make suggestions to the President for judicial improvements else where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Men of Law | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

...underdressed in the modern revue is met by the Messrs. Shubert in their latest effort. A girl-show which also brings forth Phil Baker, Jack Pearl, Shaw & Lee and Fred Hillebrand, may be accounted a balanced production. Moreover, besides all the homebred curves and complexions, there is a spick-and-Spanish dancer named Rosita Moreno...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Mar. 4, 1929 | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

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