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Caraway of Arkansas, Dill of Washington. Ownership by a judicial nominee of motor, mining, oil, rail, industrial or other stocks did not alarm these Senators, did not make them distrust the nominee's honor. But they would recommend confirmation of no judicial nominee whom they knew owned utility power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Property Test | 3/24/1930 | See Source »

Groups of men, well organized, with sound financial backing, roaming the four corners of the earth to uncover hidden remains of older civilizations, early mammalia, relics, fossils, digging out the traces. . . . In the recent months, the following work has been reported:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 1/27/1930 | See Source »

An aviator man, one in the industry, will tell you, after he has blown the booster thoughts out of his mind, that very, very few of the manufacturing or transport concerns have been making money. However, he will instantly add, if they do this and that, profits will ensue after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Flights & Flyers: Sep. 30, 1929 | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

Doff your hat and bow respectfully to every woman?lady or peasant?who appears to be approaching motherhood. The theory of such courteous obseisance to Life is similar to that which prompts gentlemen to uncover when Death passes in a hearse.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Imperial Garter | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

Inevitable were thoughts of the still-brewing public utility propaganda scandals. That public utility men had bribed and teachers accepted was made patent last year when the Federal Trade Commission, investigating public utilities, discovered the extent to which propaganda in behalf of private as against state ownership, control and operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Women Teachers Flayed | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

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