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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...word Chinaman is not only quite incorrect but very offensive to the Chinese. One does not refer to an Englandman, and Americaman. So why a Chinaman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 13, 1928 | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

When the white-crested Californian was through, haggard Senator Reed of Pennsylvania got up and acknowledged that every word was true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Horror in Pennsylvania | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

These admonitions, although obviously unenforceable, in the legal sense, were backed by a covering letter in which Signor Piero Parini, Secretary General of Foreign Fascist Organizations, declared: "The word of Il Duce is a commandment which admits neither of glossing over nor of interpretations of any sort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Commandments | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

...undulation, a French girl who dances in a Moroccan port-town public house. Behind her, one catches a glimpse of the entire U. S. Navy, but especially of one roustabout bluejacket to whom Actor George O'Brien has given his first name and a good characterization. A mere word, spoken in jest by this gay and murderous tar, persuades the dancing girl to visit Manhattan, where she is last seen, in the midst of her loose and double jointed motions. She has already performed matrimony on the sailor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Feb. 6, 1928 | 2/6/1928 | See Source »

...mass of its students interested. The answer is to put them "on their own." The student that is allowed to choose a special topic that interests him, and to work it out for himself under advice, is bound to become interested. Education then become what the word itself means. Yale Alumni Weekly

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 2/6/1928 | See Source »

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