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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Said Inventor Perry, absorbed in his instrument: "Yes, we're not far from oil now. A matter of feet perhaps, I'm sure. . . . Oil is where you find it." He added that drilling would continue to the depth of the deepest wells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doodleburg? | 8/24/1925 | See Source »

...Yes, Manhattan Island and Long Island. Alfred E. Smith was born on Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: In 1884 | 7/27/1925 | See Source »

...commissioned him to write for the New York Symphony Orchestra (TIME, May 4), will compose the score of a new musical comedy for the producers of Lady, Be Good. Soprano excitement abruptly galvanized the telephone at the young man's elbow: he began to address its black aperture. "Yes," he said, "this is Gershwin. . . . No, no, it's too hot. ... . I'm going away for the weekend. ... I can't see anyone" Smiling, he hung up the receiver, tossed a last striped shirt into his bag. It was sometimes a nuisance, but he could not honestly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Gershwin Bros. | 7/20/1925 | See Source »

Asked if they would ever again attempt flying to the Pole in heavier-than-air machines, Amundsen and Ellsworth said: "No." Asked if they were interested in the project of Herr Hugo Eckener of trying for the Pole in a super-zeppelin, said they: "Yes, in-deed!" Said Ellsworth, whose recent trip was his first polar experience: "I have only just begun . . . Any project for a polar flight by dirigible should plan its route for a flight clear across the Pole, terminating in Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Polar Pilgrims: Jul. 20, 1925 | 7/20/1925 | See Source »

...Subscriber Walker is Managing Editor of the Albany Sunday Telegram. - ED. * Yes. The Mercury's comment was favorable, as follows: "Buffalo's Touraine, of the good Howie-gay and generous, for all he be a Scot."-ED " *The original Cassandra, legendary daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, tricked Apollo for a gift of prophecy. In revenge, Apollo ordained that none should believe her. In vain Cassandra prognosticated the ruin of Troy, in vain the death of Agamomnon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 20, 1925 | 7/20/1925 | See Source »

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