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...always reserved the sole right to spank its Latin-American neighbors. Since 1933 the U. S., anxious to avoid the stigma of dollar diplomacy, has spared the rod in the interests of President Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor" policy. Meanwhile, the Mexican Government has seized without compensation oil lands, mines, ranches and farms belonging to citizens of the U. S. and foreign countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Spoiled Neighbor | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

...every year except 1936 and had jocularly referred to them as "minor leaguers." Even when the Americans finally succeeded in getting the bases loaded in the seventh, Tiger Rudy York, homerun specialist, proceeded to strike out. In fact, the American Leaguers, at the last possible moment, just escaped the stigma of being the only team ever to be shut out in an All-Star game. Score...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Red Stars | 7/18/1938 | See Source »

Unique exception is San Francisco's Joseph Henry Jackson, whose weekly Reader's Guide series concluded last week its 14th year of continuous broadcasting. His program rates, despite its cultural stigma, as radio's outstanding hardy perennial. Originated by Book Critic Jackson over KGO (then in Oakland) in 1924, Reader's Guide was extended to cover all of the Pacific Coast when NBC added KGO to its Blue network. Guide Jackson now splits the network Sunday evenings at 9:30 EDST with Gossiper Walter Winchell, making his literary advice available to all of the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Hardy Perennial | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...coming to be of illegitimate origin." Causes for the increase, according to Professor Holmes: "Too much reliance . . . placed upon the efficacy of the contraceptive methods commonly employed. . . . Depression which has checked marriages and resulted in a certain amount of demoralization. . . . A change of sentiment in, regard to the stigma-attached to illegitimate origin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Holmes on Bastardy | 2/28/1938 | See Source »

...deserved recognition of a popular sport. There are strong indications that if you support the movement, the rest of the Ivy League will follow. But all the followers of the sport join to urge you not to compromise, by placing a premium on stars and a stigma on team cooperation. If you cannot see your way clear to make it a full-fledged major, then keep it a minor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE STUDENT COUNCIL | 2/23/1938 | See Source »

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