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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...issue of the greatest magazine in the world is rather wrong about Washington State's "Golden Bears.'' The '"Cougars" reside at Washington State College at Pullman, Wash., and the ''Golden Bears" belong to the University of California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 11, 1929 | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...state, the President-elect was "typically ungracious" to the reporters, why did they not go to the proper place for information? Why condemn as big an organization as this is for the ungraciousness of one person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 11, 1929 | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...American Association for the Advancement of Atheism, Inc., with members in every state and territory of the Union, and on behalf of millions of unorganized Atheists, respectfully requests that you refrain this year from issuing the Thanksgiving Proclamation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Jefferson Invoked | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...past year brought disaster to many of our people. The Mediterranean fruit fly, invading the State of Florida, threatens to cause a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars annually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Jefferson Invoked | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...responsible for this appointment was Mr. Youngquist's new chief, U. S. Attorney-General William DeWitt Mitchell, also of Minnesota. For five months President Hoover and his astute Attorney-General had cast about for a successor to Mrs. Mabel Elizabeth Walker Willebrandt. Candidates there were galore from every State but the President's requirements were high: a thoroughgoing Dry, possessed of a sound legal mind and ample industry, beyond the influence of front-page publicity. Such a man Mr. Mitchell told President Hoover he would find in Mr. Youngquist. Acceptance of the appointment followed only after long persuasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Dry Hope | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

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