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Dates: during 1930-1939
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And 1,001 other preparatory details. Protocol finally determined that Chief Justice Hughes (if well enough to attend) would rank British Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay at the President's State dinner, since the King would then represent himself. Mrs. Henrietta Nesbit, the White Housekeeper, noticed that Their Majesties ate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Prodigious Protocol | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

Almost, but not quite, everyone in Washington was all steamed up and happy about the historic visit. Senator Borah suggested that someone should remind King George about Britain's $85.000,000 War debt payment which she is defaulting as usual this month. California's Senator Downey said he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Prodigious Protocol | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

South Carolina's private utility companies, already equipped to generate far more power than their area could buy, fought the Santee-Cooper project in court & out. They lost. Traditionalists argued that some of South Carolina's most historic spots would go under water. They were ignored. Naturalists deplored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER: Poet, Project, Pork, Progress | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

Six weeks ago the first crew of diggers appeared in a shrubby field near Pinopolis and began clearing land. But one impediment remained: South Carolina's condemnation law, behind which landowners in the to-be-flooded area took refuge, vowing to defend their holdings against the march of unnecessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER: Poet, Project, Pork, Progress | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

The Committee feels that because an examination is written under pressure is no excuse for poor English. Students who write badly on examinations probably also write badly when they have more time, is the belief of the investigators.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Committee Looks for Better Grammar in Written Exams. | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

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