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...Unsung Heroes. With a telephone headset clamped on his skull, President Hoover dominated the negotiations in Paris last week almost as completely as though he had been there like Theodore Roosevelt with a Big Stick. French papers again accused the President of roughness, rudeness and big stickery?but their tone was less angry than at first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Hoover to Laval! | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

...list of unsung heroes, such as the man who first ate a spear of asparagus, the Vagabond would like to add the name of that worthy who yesterday braving the derisive glances of passers-by and all unmindful of the blustering west wind, pushed a lawn-mower resolutely across the sodden greensward of Dunster House. A week of balmy weather, a brace of robins, a succession of hour exams, these are the signs which are supposed to usher in the springtime season, but the Vagabond has too often been misled by such fickle prophets in the past. With a rather...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 4/1/1931 | See Source »

...pine tree on the hills of Maryland-through many summers' heats and winters' snows, Felled, carted, quartered, sawn, a metamorphosis within a week. And then a century buried deep within the White House walls, Unseen, unsung, but one of myriads holding firm together the storied structure. Until, a new age came and replaced steel for wood, then months upon the dump, The dump cart actually arrived jor one last ride- And then a rescue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Jingle Bells | 1/5/1931 | See Source »

...Army game last year. But it has Captain Ticknor, the All-American center, and Wood, its brainy quarterback who has lately developed into a triple threat back. The Army counters with a veteran line that practically played as a unit in the game last year and a trio of unsung but experienced Sophomores in the backfield...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Army is Again Favorite as Crimson, Hurt by Injuries, Faces Cadets Today In the Most Colorful Game of Season | 10/18/1930 | See Source »

...Unsung Hooverizers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 17, 1929 | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

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