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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Today, of course, it is possible to make artificial "cotton spinning weather" anywhere. The thing is done in Germany with conspicuous success. But in Great Britain the early concentration of the cotton industry in Lancashire has only been intensified with time. The evils of stagnation and "oldfashioned methods" are chronic in the region, seem as immutable and familiar to Englishmen as the names of the world famed cotton towns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Cotton Crisis | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

...became pools before a pyramid temple. Tumbled around were the ruins of a city approximately eight miles in diameter. Flyer Lindbergh wanted to return there with aerial cameras. But Dr. Merriam advised him that there was more convenience and immediate utility in photographing the Santa Fe Indian sites. The success of the Santa Fe photography promises more similar U. S. exploring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Flying Archeologists | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

...think of the future of the talkies?" his answer was emphatic: "Without great improvements people will tire of them. Talking is no substitute for good acting we had in silent pictures." Then, to another query, he gave ambition, imagination, and the will to work as the key to success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Brightest Boys | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

...decide by personal impression the outcome of a practical tie. To Wilbur Brotherton Huston, 16, son of the Episcopal Bishop of Olympia (Wash.), went the award that meant four years full scholarship at any institution he will choose. So pleased was Inventor Edison with his test's success that additional prizes were given, going to "Connecticut," "Pennsylvania," "New Mexico," "Indiana," and consisting of four years' tuition at any college...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Brightest Boys | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

...what physiological phenomenon is the success of motion picture projection dependent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Brightest Boys | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

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