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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...their meetings. Good publicity committees send information, well prepared, to the newspapers. The dentists did not have one convention speech to give out. They preferred to horde them for printing in their own professional magazine during the coming months, when public interest in their work will be diffuse and weak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Testy Dentists | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

Kabul grew too hot last week for gleaming-eyed, white-tusked King Habibullah, the savage onetime bandit who last winter wrested Afghanistan's throne from weak, well-meaning little King Amanullah (TIME, Jan. 28). All through the summer, Usurper Habibullah has been harassed by the lean, ruthless, white-chinned Nadir Khan, ill-famed for boiling his captured enemies in oil (TIME, Sept. 2). Last week Nadir converged three armies of overwhelming might upon Kabul. Prudent Habibullah fled in an airplane to escape being French-fried. Without resistance the city fell. Since victorious Nadir was once a general...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Fall of Kabul | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

...Harvard's forward passing game which sent it into a 13 to 0 lead in the first half and then snatched almost certain victory from the powerful Cagle-led combination. Pregame reports indicated that the Army line was weak, but the Gold forwards outrushed the Crimson wall, bottling up the University running plays time and again. With six men in the line and two men backing it up closely, the West Pointers smashed the heralded Harvard laterals, but it was the threat of this play which made the Crimson aerials go. Twelve forwards were hurled and seven were completed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACCURATE AERIAL ATTACK SNATCHES GAME FROM ARMY | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

Monday's light workout, which consisted of the usual blackboard lecture and easy kicking, group work, and signal rehearsal, was followed yesterday by a heavier drill, brushing up weak points shown by Saturday's game. Individual practice was stressed, each player receiving special attention. The kicking of Murrel, and the dropkicking of Cagle and O'Keefe featured the practice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARMY SQUAD HOLDS HARD DRILL | 10/16/1929 | See Source »

Saturday afternoon a class team composed, of Juniors and Sophomores played Tabor Academy to a scoreless tie on Hoyt Field, Marion. Both teams played well on the defense, but were weak offensively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Class Team Ties Tabor | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

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