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...Kingdom of Ethiopia, marched Dr. C. Martin, legal adviser to Prince Regent Ras Taffari of Ethiopia, bearing a handsome shield in a brilliant red case. The President, prohibited by law from accepting gifts from foreign countries, permitted the shield to repose on his desk until its proper disposi- tion should be advised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Sep. 26, 1927 | 9/26/1927 | See Source »

...Revue du Vrai et du Beau (Review of the True and the Beau-tiful), French art journal, wrote under a reproduction of "Exalta-tion" as follows: "This artist has a distinctly individual manner in representing people and objects, and uses the brush to symbolize the sentiments. In this he is at times a little literary. . . . Pavel Jerda-nowitsch is not satisfied to follow ordinary paths. He prefers to explore the heights and even, if necessary, to peer into the abysses. His spirit delights in intoxication, and he is a prey to the esthetic agonies which are not experienced without suffering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hoax | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Irish societies in the District of Columbia began a na tion-wide campaign to have such cinemas removed from theatres. The Maryland convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians adopted two resolutions: 1) to condemn cinemas belittling the Irish; 2) to oppose the entry of the U. S. into the World Court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Irish Belittled | 8/22/1927 | See Source »

Into the German sunset rose the two planes now looking like fat fish with long forward fins. The crowd cheered; officials gave out statements to the press: Germany's bid for international air recogni tion was under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Bremen v. Europa | 8/22/1927 | See Source »

...will be asked to stop writing. Those who have the "literary impulse" and show some signs of obeying that impulse successfully will be instructed how to obey it profitably. The aim is to save a writer five years, commer cially. There will also be much inspirational and critical instruc tion in the form of lectures and personal conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Writer's School | 8/22/1927 | See Source »

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