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...four-page sheet of heavy, uncoated stock the size of a newspaper, printed in 5 wide columns. It carries no illustrations, thus far no advertising, sells for 10?. Its purpose: "... to offer a medium for the truly valuable and adventurous in thought." Its criteria: ''clarity, vigor, humor . . . real knowledge and a decided point of view." The idea was George Jean Nathan's. From his long experience with monthly magazines, notably Smart Set and American Mercury, he had found "that it is impossible to get enough good copy each month to fill. . . . [The editor] is only too happy...
...call attention to the omission of any reference to the vigorous campaign in behalf of Palmer & Buckner, nominated as Gold Democrats at a great convention of notably representative Democrats duly chosen by State gatherings? The campaign in their behalf, waged under Congressman William D. Bynuni as Chairman of the National Committee, was prosecuted with vigor...
...inside." Soon afterward French doctors formally certified that His Majesty was mad and in 1905 he was banished to Reunion Island off the coast of Madagascar. On Reunion today languishes famed Abd-el-Krim, onetime bandit-chieftain of Morocco, who displeased the French exceedingly by fighting them with vigor, castrating captured Legionnaires (TIME, Sept...
...week of Joseph Vincent ("Holy Joe") McKee as Mayor of New York did more to damage the reputation of James John ("Jimmy") Walker, his predecessor, than a year's investigating by Samuel Seabury. Mayor McKee, young, handsome, sober, tackled his new job with a vigor and thoroughness that made many a New Yorker who had forgotten what good government was like gasp with happy astonishment. A new broom, he swept clean and by last week had accumulated a sizeable pile of Tammany trash...
...hour has sounded when Paraguay must definitely withstand the invader. Our superior race will throw the invader back across the frontier and reconquer that which is ours. ... As before, when Paraguay gave the world an example of astonishing vigor and valor, so now we must demonstrate that our race retains these virtues of our fighting forefathers. We must repeat history...