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...survivor, José Aguila, babbled: "lost our rudder and were dashed between two great rocks . . . waves 30 feet high . . . every lifeboat sank ... we fought for bits of floating timber ... I was knocked senseless and flung by the waves stark naked on the beach. ... I and a few others were saved only because God is great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: God is Great | 7/16/1928 | See Source »

...mile when pressed, the Green cannot match him in this event. In the same way Captain E. M. Wells of Dartmouth, intercollegiate champion in the 120-yard high hurdles, will not be forced to his best stride to defeat W. J. Henrich '28, the University's best high timber topper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GREEN WILL SEND I.C.4A. WINNERS AGAINST CRIMSON | 5/11/1928 | See Source »

...floor of the House, where he could defend himself, the aging blond boss explained that his lumber company owned only 1,000 acres in the proposed floodway; that flood waters neither harmed nor helped his timber; that he was not seeking to sell anything to the U. S., would give his thousand acres. He said he had been interested in flood control work for 30 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Old Blond Boss | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

Below are listed the returns of the Presidential nomination poll conducted in six colleges and universities. These results mark the first indication of the trend of student opinion regarding the Presidential timber...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SMITH AND HOOVER ROLL UP BIG LEAD IN COLLEGES | 3/17/1928 | See Source »

...Angel Gallardo expressed his "amazement," and President de Alvear openly flayed Senor Pueyrredon for "such conduct." Both knew that with an Argentine presidential election scheduled for this spring, Senor Pueyrredon had made the grandest of grandstand plays to convince the electorate that he alone is of sufficiently tough presidential timber to stand up for Argentina, even against the U. S. With Outpopper Pueyrredon thus self-eliminated, the treaty reorganizing the Pan-American Union was submitted in innocuous form to the plenary session of the Conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Outpoppings | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

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