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...youth who gave his name as "Daniel Webster" turned out to be one Westheimer. One "Simpson" turned out one Sandwahl. One "Laurence Ellis" was one Laurence L. Liss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: In Denver | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

...indication on return to an age of brilliant intellectualism, the rise of pootics and the decline of petting. To the calloused, however, who have successively witnessed the reign of crossword puzzles, Charleston and channel swimming, "Ask Me Another" means only a brief respite from insanity. For a few months Webster and the Britannica will be best sellers; but in the end the nation will remain untainted by the renaissance of learning. Thinking offers amusement for those who have never tried it, but if practised continually it hurts the head...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AND AFTER THIS | 2/26/1927 | See Source »

...clock this morning in Harvard 1, Professor G. K. Webster, exchange professor from the University of Liver-pool, will lecture upon the effect which public opinion and the press has exercised upon British politics and policy since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 2/10/1927 | See Source »

...Daniel Webster was sent to the Senate from Massachusetts until he died. He was loose, drank habitually to excess, did not pay his debts, but Massachusetts had a right to send him. And one could multiply such instances a hundredfold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Jack, Daniel, Frank | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

President, Mark Twain Society 37 Gray Avenue Webster Groves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 31, 1927 | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

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