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Master of tariff ceremonies was Oregon's Republican Representative Willis Chatman Hawley, chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee and No. 1 House conferee with the Senate. Big, slow-spoken, slow-witted, substantial, Congressman Hawley is a high protectionist to the bone. Only too proud is he to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TARIFF: Winnings & Losings | 5/12/1930 | See Source »

Retorted nimble-witted Mr. Curran: "Just because a man is a judge you can't put him in a glass cage, like a bunch of asparagus, so he can never be in touch with the world at all."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Wets, Drys, Weaslers | 5/5/1930 | See Source »

One month after its first birthday, pow erful Aviation Corp., $40,000,000 holding company, last week acquired a new president. Lean, sharp-witted Graham Bethune Grosvenor stepped down to vice-chairman of the directorate while gaunt, eye-glassed, solemn-looking but humorous Frederic Gallup Coburn stepped up from the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: New Avco Chief | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

It is undeniable that the acting of Mr. Hampden did fit into the spirit in which the play was written. He made the most of his dramatic moments and brought each act up to a startling close. As the keen witted Cardinal Richelieu he brought out both the clever perception...

Author: By H. B., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 3/25/1930 | See Source »

The arguments centered around six questions demanded of B. C. by the Crimson team to be answered strictly according to the statement of the issue. Despite numerous accusations of being off the point of argument and of not answering these questions, the quick-witted defenders of the repeal replied entirely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY DEBATERS LOSE TO BOSTON COLLEGE | 2/21/1930 | See Source »

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