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Astronomer Herbert Hall Turner, 67, of Oxford. Professor Turner, swart & burly, resembles a typical, prosperous British factory manager. He has never been in business. His fame is for his formulae for measuring star distance by means of photographs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: American Association | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

...loved her greatly. When her first tomb at Dahshur was robbed, he secretly reburied her at Giza, close to his pyramid. Cheops had four queens and several children. One of these, Chephren, built the second pyramid. His doughtiest daughter was Hetep-Heres II, a biological curiosity. Other Egyptians were swart and black-haired. She was blonde with reddish hair, probably inherited from foreign ancestors on her mother's side. She married her brother Kawa'ab, a dumpy, coarse man. He died. She married another brother, Radedef. He died. For her third husband she took Ankh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

Missing-between San Diego, Calif., and Phoenix, Ariz.-one Nominee for Vice President of the U. S. His name was Benjamin Gitlow. He was a Communist-six feet high, a 200-pounder with black hair, swart skin, bright black eyes, long fingers, very large feet, round shoulders. His friends suspected a Klannish plot, or strong-arm work by the American Legion, which had warned him not to visit Phoenix. William O'Brien, candidate of the Workers' (Communist) Party for Governor of Arizona, began searching small-town jails through the Southwest. Suspicion pointed to El Paso, in the western...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Gitlow Lost & Found | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

Ineffectual Prince August Wilhelm is just now the freak in Count von Westarp's Monarchist side show. His plump, effectual onetime spouse, Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, divorced him in 1920. Their son, Prince Ferdinand, just about to turn swart 16, already drills with a Monarchist "Youth Corps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Kaiser Referendum | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

Through Indiana and Illinois, into Iowa, rolled the Curtis campaign train. Swart and smiling, Nominee Curtis made 14 speeches in one day. He reiterated the virtues of protective tariff, of the Republican record on farm relief. At Spencer, Iowa, a heckler cried: "How did you vote on the McNary-Haugen bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Curtis | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

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