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The late Marshall Field, always autocratic, unyielding, glared at the Federal Commission before whom he was speaking, as if he expected a contradiction. None came. Too much had been spoken, even then, about this John Shedd, about his economy, his executive ability, his uncanny foresight, for the listeners to dispute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Shedd | 11/1/1926 | See Source »

"This is a picture of a grand seigneur, who loves the fine and the real in art and meets the world with dignity. It is the picture of a man who is true to himself and who will stand unyielding on his own high principles. I had seen him often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Seigneur and Chatelaine | 5/17/1926 | See Source »

Railroad employees in a "North country" city, Valleyhead, which is singularly dependent on the line in question for all the necessities of life, stirred by a rabid socialist, strike precipitately. The unyielding owners, as also the rest of the community, for the issue is clearly defined, must eventually capitulate or...

Author: By F. DEW. P., | Title: "THE RIGHT TO STRIKE" AT THE COPLEY | 10/7/1925 | See Source »

The variability of New England weather is recorded by Mark Twain in the minutiae of its changes, but some new epic singer must be found to record the heroic changes of yesterday. No wonder the New England temperament is so firm and unyielding; it has been molded by disgust for...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEMPER MUTABILE | 6/8/1925 | See Source »

The Republican Party reaffirms its unyielding devotion to the Constitution and to the guarantees of civil, political and religious liberty therein contained.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KU KLUX KLAN: Kleveland Konvention | 6/23/1924 | See Source »

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