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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...engines and flying gear were what M. Clavier's tall, slow comrade, Jacob Islamoff, 28, was inspecting one last time. He had worked on this ship, the S-35, ever since her designs were first unfolded in the Sikorsky shops. Out over the ocean it would be his task, not only to help Clavier with the radio, but to watch every cam and strut aboard. That they would flawlessly function he was certain, but he did eye for a moment the special "dolly" (wheeled landing gear) which had been added to help the S-35 leave earth, and which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Cartwheel | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

...Gods (Thomas Meighan, Renée Adorée). Tom Meighan, disappointed in a careering U. S. wife, takes to building a bridge in South America. In this task he is inspired by Renee Adoree as a reformed dancing girl. Develops a love affair with the bridge casually suggested in the background. Reenters Friend Wife and Tom agrees to go back to the U. S. Renee, seeing in this the ruin of her love, jumps to death from the bridge- which is regretted, because Tom was only going back to get a divorce, and everyone is sorry to see Renee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Oct. 4, 1926 | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

...Next President of Harvard--A Prediction", published in the Transcript of yesterday one discovers the hard labor of love. He wants the Presidency. That is patent And no one should be President who does not want the position. As Mr. Baldwin may have guessed, it really is a difficult task...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BALDWIN FOR PRESIDENT! | 9/30/1926 | See Source »

More than the desire for the task must perforce be asked of him who would succeed Mr. Lowell. The next incumbent must know full well the duties of the President. Of course he can discover them in the Inaugural Address of President Eliot. Mr. Baldwin does not need to go there for any instruction. He knows his subject too well. Nothing better proves a man's knowledge of a job than his ability to prove the inability of others. Summerfield Baldwin '17 has that ability...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BALDWIN FOR PRESIDENT! | 9/30/1926 | See Source »

Four new football fields were laid out during the summer for the use of the class teams and are now in good shape. Each team will have two coaches who will start immediately the task of rounding their men into shape for the opening of the series about October 15. Arrangements are now being made to bring about a meeting between the winning class teams of Harvard and Yale and the probable date for this clash will be November 12. Head Coach Horween of the University gridiron squad is a strong supporter of the inter-class program and the entire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTER-CLASS FOOTBALL WILL OPEN SEASON TODAY | 9/28/1926 | See Source »

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