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...dizzy heights of fourth or fifth place the Carriganites may well smile, for they are achieving the unheard of, and are bringing joy to the hearts of all Boston fandom. But perhaps the Hindu seer is slightly astigmatic, and just as Stalin and his confreres intend to have no more of the Romanoffs. Washington, Detroit and Chicago may soon tire of this prank...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOT IN THE BEST CELLAR CLASS | 5/17/1928 | See Source »

...have occurred had he locked up the jury. The new judge, Justice Jennings Bailey, set out to conduct a different sort of trial by examining the talesmen himself, and curtly overruling many an elaborate objection by Sinclair's lawyers. Moreover, he announced that court would convene at the unheard of hour of 9 a. m., and served notice on the Sinclair lawyers that special pleading would not be permitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Oil Forever | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

...unheard ode in a minor key that sings their passing acquires the rhythm of a funeral march as one realizes that these are the last brave survivors of a dying race. Next year there will be none. The midyear graduate of the future is an impossibility--for degrees are to be granted only in June. From now on the digits will bear no fractional appendages. The present species is the last of a long line. And his heritage is silence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HALF TONES | 1/5/1928 | See Source »

...Berlin. From 1901 to 1906 the sensation at the Berlin Imperia, Opera was MISS GERALDINE FARRAR AUS NEW YORK. She began as Marguerite in Faust, doing the unheard of thing, singing in Italian in a Berlin house, holding a contract saying that she need not sing in German until she had had time to learn the language. She was 19, sparkling, as she is today. The Kaiser was interested; so was the Crown Prince. The Hofmarshall brought her an invitation to appear at the Palace one night. She must wear black or lavender and gloves, for the court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Again, Farrar | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

...Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard" the public alse over so gently implied. And Mr. Ford replies with better lines, quiet, more power, more speed, in a still veiled Juggernaut of a motor millenium that can butcher pedestrians to make a Sudbury holiday, and buy the antiques of a more restful past. A Detroit Isis is born again with renewed vigor in the American pageant. They used to laugh at the car that now is dead. "But there is no death. There is only laughter," said Mr. O'Neil's Lazarus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA | 12/1/1927 | See Source »

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