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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...revolution may come from either the right or left wing," he went on, "but the probability is that it will come from the Monarchist party, which seems to be constantly growing in strength at the present moment. In Munich last summer the streets were constantly placarded with signs advocating and predicting the return of the royal house and the beginning of a war of revenge against France. It is true, on the other hand, that nothing that has happened since the armistice has so depressed the Germans as their defeat in the 'war of 1923' or the Rhine and Ruhr...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PREDICTS OVERTHROW OF GERMAN REPUBLIC | 1/12/1924 | See Source »

...swept the field; and that in spite of the fact that the questions on the ballot were so framed as to favor mechanically the dry contingent. In short in every University body except the Graduate Schools exclusive of the Law and Medical, the moderates outvoted the extremists of either wing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AFTER THE BATTLE | 1/11/1924 | See Source »

...three goal-tenders whom Coach Dempsey tried had little chance to show their skill. Henry, the visitors' right wing, slipped the puck past Burke in the final period, but Malden had few other scoring opportunities. The high school players had had only one day of organized practice. The sole features of their play were the vigorous checking of Captain Endler and several good stops by Donahue at goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN HOCKEY TEAM SHOWS PROMISE OF POWER | 1/7/1924 | See Source »

Their fountain pens are not done jabbing, however. Under the protecting wing of Alfred A. Knopf who has befriended and encouraged many to whom smug society turned a deaf ear and an unseeing eye, they have started a new magazine, The American Mercury. While in the Smart Set, perhaps to keep a fire in the editorial office, they were forced at times to pander to the tastes of readers who demanded undisturbing fiction, in their newest venture with a publisher like Knopf behind them they need serve neither fiction nor soothing copy of any kind, but may scratch and sting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GADFLIES CAGED | 1/4/1924 | See Source »

Bishop William Lawrence, of Massachusetts, most prominent of the left wing bishops, in a sermon welcomed the theological battle as a stimulus to intelligent religious thought. Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster, of Connecticut, also took the modern side. The great majority of the House of Bishops, however, publicly upheld their action in issuing the pastoral letter at the Dallas meeting, and approved the proposed trial of the Rev. Lee W. Heaton, Fort Worth. Many intimated that New York rectors take themselves too seriously, and will not be able to cause a ripple in the great body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Truce | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

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