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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...different battle of his own, v. Representatives O'Connell and Bernard. * That Mary Norton is a political ally of Boss Hague by no means argues a lack of sincerity in her efforts on behalf of labor legislation. On the other hand, neither her sincerity nor her afternoon of triumph last week indicates that Aunt Mary, who as chairman of the House District Committee was a great success as "the first woman Mayor of Washington," has been an equally outstanding success as Labor chairman. Undoubtedly, her efforts and those of her steering committee, headed by Massachusetts' Arthur Healey, last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Aunt Mary's Applecart | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

About the quality of the work on hand, Chicagoans were of two minds. One mind belonged to the Chicago Daily Tribune's conservative critic, Eleanor Jewett, who reported somewhat tartly that it was "practically a complete triumph for the modernists" and "filled with bad painting." "Modernism" being a verbal shinny-can long since whanged out of all shape or precision, art-lovers went to see for themselves. Most of them concluded that the Institute's 17th, representing many of the top-flight artists of 14 nations, was indeed contemporary but well up to its lively standard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Paintings on Paper | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

...province the best government it had ever had, he also astonished his disciples as a master of realpolitik. His good-government policy was simple. He merely designated the following as capital crimes: robbery, an ugly disposition, stubbornness, stupidity, lying. But even the cause of good government could not triumph over his grudge against women. When his lord took to giving more attention to a harem of 80 dancing girls than he did to him, Confucius resigned in disgust. The next 17 years, followed by 100 disciples, he spent looking for another job. He did not find one, mainly because Chinese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Chinese Wise Man | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

Since Ingalls is scheduled to hurl against the Ithacans in search of his third league triumph, Tom Healey will twirl the first game on Saturday for the Crimson with Slim Curtiss slated to take up the burden in the second encounter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Nine Meets Title-Sharing Ithacan Team This Afternoon Here | 5/13/1938 | See Source »

Although riddled with injuries from the first of the season, the Crimson team holds victories over the strong B.U. and B.C. cub aggregations. A Harvard triumph is expected because B.U. defeated Tufts, and the Yardlings outslugged B. U. earlier in their schedule...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Nine Faces Tufts Freshmen at Soldiers Field | 5/11/1938 | See Source »

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