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Climaxed by an account of the flight of the airship Norge over the North Pole, it works up to a denunciation of the Italian skipper, Umberto Nobile, who piloted the ship. ". . . This hired skipper of a Norwegian ship owned by an American and myself shall not be permitted to usurp honors that do not belong to him. This record is written to prevent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: An Armful of Flags | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

...Bible belt, one Dr. J. W. Gillon, quoted the Scriptures to prove that women should be ousted from the pulpits: Let your women keep silence in the churches, for it is not permitted unto them to speak. ... (I CORINTHIANS 14:34) ... Suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man. ... (I TIMOTHY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Baptists | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

...might of the pen having far surpassed the menace of the sword, it is hardly surprising that an age over-supplied with scribblers should invent a new outlet for ink. What better diversion than further to usurp the functions of the sword...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGIATISM IN INK | 4/30/1926 | See Source »

...after a Presidential election could, with the support of the outgoing President, or with a two-thirds majority, enact a law which would prohibit the new President from forming a new Cabinet of his own. In short, the Senate, if Senator Pepper's contention is sound, could so usurp the executive function as to make a President powerless. All of which is absurd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: President vs. Senate | 4/20/1925 | See Source »

Trotzky is a general without an arm. Communists have denounced him as a perverter of Bolshevik ideals and a spreader of untruth concerning. "Saint" Lenin. His party suspects him of having designs to usurp the dead leader's place, and change the name of Leningrad to "Trotzkgrad". He is feared especially because the five consonants coming together in the name "Trotzkgrad" make a strong appeal to every true Russian heart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "TROT ALONGZKY, TROTZKY!" | 11/22/1924 | See Source »

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