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Word: whether (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...intense appreciation of the good things of life; good wine, good music, were appreciated to the full; his capacity for enjoyment was not marred by any pangs of doubt as to whether the course he happened to be pursuing was right. It was always right-always inevitable. He once said that he never regretted anything he had done-his only regret was for the opportunities for enjoyment which he had foregone or missed. Above all, he enjoyed the success of his own policy and was rightly proud of the service he had rendered to his country and the great personal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Two Men | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

...resolution was adopted urging that Federal authorities be consulted as to "whether there is any redress open in this situation through Federal action." The most conservative suggestion advocated the reduction of newsprint consumption. Shrewd Paul Block, chain publisher (Brooklyn, Newark, Pittsburgh. Toledo, Duluth), expressed his opinion that most U. S. newspapers are now "over-featured," that the elimination of many a feature would do no harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Pulp Palaver | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

...Lake, Ore., on the Southern Pacific. Its proponents declare that it will open up a potentially rich region in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, while its railroad opponents see the new line as economically unsound. Cost of construction is estimated at $9,900,000. The fundamental principle involved?whether the I.C.C. can command as well as permit new railroad construction?will probably cause the Union Pacific to take the case into the courts. The Commission itself was not all sure, split 7 to 4 on the question. Dissenters were Commissioners Brainerd, Farrell, Porter, Woodlock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Command to Build | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

Pastor Helm's letter of resignation to the council said: "I doubt whether any church in the United States has a better background for the appreciation of the practical significance of the religion of Jesus than has Bethel. The first premise of Christianity and its most perfect synonym is brotherhood. To refuse brotherhood to any Christian is the oldest and most heretical blasphemy conceivable. American Christianity is . . . compromised and enmeshed. . . To refuse church membership to anyone not of the same race is to deny the most obvious teaching of Jesus and to give the ethical sanctions of Christianity to race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: No Blacks for Bethel | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

...West India docks in London's grimy Limehouse. At the dock was the reception committee: Sir Austen & Lady Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson, President Sir William Llewellyn of Britain's Royal Academy where the pictures will be shown. Lady Chamberlain hastened aboard to find out whether damage had been done. Proudly Captain Sturlese, nine medals glittering on his breast, told her that every crate was intact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Art at Sea | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

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