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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ferreted out these outrageous appellations will have gained for themselves the immortality which was not theirs this time. Theirs will be the glory of giving to a breathless and expectant world that menace of the 1940's which will have succeeded to the throne once occupied by the Cross-Word Puzzle and the Ask Me Another book...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED | 1/14/1928 | See Source »

...such a matter as this one would think a word to the wise sufficient. Let me warn the unsuspecting, however; it is not. I speak from personal experience. He who opens a window is an enemy of society. Not only will the window be closed at once, but the unfortunate person who opened it will have incurred the lasting enmity of his fellows. We cannot hope to open a window in Widener. What we can do is to see that the ventilating system, installed at great cost when the building was erected, but never used for lack of funds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Best Things In Life | 1/13/1928 | See Source »

...attended memorial banquets on the seventieth anniversary of the birth of Woodrow Wilson. To the banqueters and the country it was announced that the Woodrow Wilson Foundation would give $25,000 each to that man and that woman, aged 20 to 35 who would write the best 2,500-word essays entitled: "What Woodrow Wilson Means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Embarrassment | 1/9/1928 | See Source »

...appointment but added comfort and convenience as well as considerably more room. Four-wheel brakes have also been included to effect a more positive control. The wheelbase has also been lengthened [103 in. to 107 in.]. There results a bigger and better Chevrolet in every sense of the word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: New Chevrolet | 1/9/1928 | See Source »

Bless You, Sister will offend many people. It scoffs sharply at religion, contending bitterly that in some phases the word of God is simply salesman's talk. The special phase is female evangelism with the lady preacher magnificently displayed by Alice Brady. Such a play was virtually inevitable after Aimee Semple McPherson's gaudy publicity; another one is due next month with Pauline Lord as star. Bless You, Sister has many faults, but dullness is not one of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 9, 1928 | 1/9/1928 | See Source »

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