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Hard-faced but mild-mannered Maj. Gen. John Archer Lejeune last week prepared to turn over the swivel chair in which reposes the Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps, to his sharp-eyed friend Maj. Gen. Wendell Gushing Neville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Neville for Lejeune | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

...consists of a platform 210 x 60 ft. which turns on a swivel base 40 ft. in diameter to keep the length parallel with the direction of the wind. This swiveling is essential because planes can properly land or take off only against the wind. The platform also tilts up or down. The departing plane can coast down it; the arriving plane must roll up, constantly losing speed until it stops. Spring cables along the platform also retard the speed of the landing plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Roof Landing | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...Power. Teeth are slightly loose in the jaws. They swivel and play a trifle. They need exercise. Industrious chewing is the best exercise. Most people, who pay attention to their health, know this. Few, however, know that they must put at least 1,700 pounds of pressure into each day's biting, chewing. Dr. Thomas Hartzell of Minneapolis says so. Thorough mastication requires 5,000 pounds of pressure. A person who eats properly uses enough strength daily to lift a 7-passenger motor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Dentists | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

...thing. It's too casy to write." In substance this is what Mr. Chase has too easy to write." In substance this is what Mr. Chase has to say about Anderson. This is a critical study of a man who wrote his first novel at forty, leaving the swivel chair of presidency in an Elyria, Ohio, paint factory to build himself a new life of meaning...

Author: By G. K. W., | Title: Mystery --- Fantasy | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

Privy Councilor Bach, with cool presence of mind, reached for and lit a cigaret. Leaning back in his swivel chair, he puffed a moment, then quietly remarked, "I will hear your explanation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Morality Reversed | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

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