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...desk now held by Secretary Theodore Joslin. He covered the Navy Department for the Associated Press when Mr. Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary, trailed him on his 1920 vice-presidential campaign. An easy, likable gladhander, he served Paramount Publix as Washington contact man. His job will be to steer as many callers as possible away from the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Roosevelt Secretariat | 12/12/1932 | See Source »

...large farm near Dalbeattie, Scotland. He usually dresses in brown. He always carries a cane. He is reputed to be one of the world's best judges of fine cattle. Every year for the past eight he has taken a trip to the U. S. to decide which steer should be named Grand Champion at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Stock Show | 12/12/1932 | See Source »

...crowd of flower-girls by the blindfolded young men that they were going to make the most of the two best ingenue parts in the Savoy Operas. Gilbert, in a particularly happy mood, made them two pert, attractive little baggages with minds of their own. Tessa and Gianetta steer a refreshing course, avoiding the Victorian doldrums (insipid Mabel, elfish Yum-Yum) and the Gilbertian caricatures (whining Ruth, tasteless Katisha). "When a Merry Maiden Marries" comes off with admirable airiness and grace, and so does the romping fantasy, "'Tis a glorious thing, I ween, to be a Regular Royal Queen...

Author: By G. G. B., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 10/19/1932 | See Source »

HOME Is THE SAILOR?Ruth Blodgett?Ear court, Brace ($2). A doctor and a nurse steer their romance clear of the Maine coast rocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Wine in Old Tanks | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

...nominated, fly to Chicago to address the delegates? He concealed his plans with gay banter: "I may go out by submarine to escape being followed by you men. . . . I have thought of another method. I could ride a bicycle, a five-seater. Papa could sit in front and steer and my four sons could sit behind." Newshawks grinned politely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Roosevelt Week: Jul. 11, 1932 | 7/11/1932 | See Source »

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