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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Although the author intended to remain anonymous," said a government official secretary, "the book is so intimate that his identity could easily be detected." With only this for a clue, editors busily listed all the King's personal friends who might have written such a book; thoughtfully checked and rechecked the list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Crown | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...Chicago, one Henry Redfeldt wooed for six years a Wisconsin maiden he had never seen, sent her $6,000. Last week he sued his landlady, said she had devised the courtship, invented the maiden, stolen the funds, written the answers to his letters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: May 27, 1929 | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...have they much chance of becoming intelligently informed. Financial literature is usually written for financiers only. A corporate announcement concerning the issue of 20 million dollars in 4½% convertible debentures makes little sense to the simple soul who is merely looking for a good aero stock. Neither are the standard financial columns, vague in their statements, technical in their language, obscure in their significance, of much help to him. Thus the small investor is forced to select his stocks largely by the Blindfold Test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Ten-cent Paper | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

...following article on the University track team was written especially for, the Crimson by George C. Carens, Sports Editor of the Boston Evening Transcript...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CARENS PREDICTS YALE WIN, GIVES HARVARD CHANCE | 5/24/1929 | See Source »

Harpers Magazine for June, according to an advance announcement, contains an article of particularly timely interest for this season of the year. Frederic F. van de Water, author and literary columnist of the New York Evening Post, has written a story entitled "The Saturnalia of College Reunions". Mr. van de Water attended New York University and Columbia...

Author: By L. K., | Title: BOOKENDS | 5/22/1929 | See Source »

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