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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...evening clothes, immaculately dressed, an elderly gentleman stepped over the White House threshold. Yes, it was the same place. It was some time since he had frequented its portals or had arrived there as a dinner guest. In those days, he had been welcomed by a different host- a taller man of eloquent tongue, equally slender, with face even more austere, with clear-some said cold- eyes. The entering guest paused only a moment on the threshold. Then Bernard M. Baruch, Chairman of the one-time War Industries Board, close friend of Woodrow Wilson, entered to dine with Calvin Coolidge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Mr. Coolidge's Week: Dec. 1, 1924 | 12/1/1924 | See Source »

...election held Nov. 7, 1922, at which time the vote stood 106,910 for and 92,530 against the bill, being a majority of 14,380 in favor of it. TIME is now an indispensable periodical and you are rendering inestimable service to the busy man. REYNOLD E. BLIGHT. Yes, a slip. All thanks to Subscriber Blight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 1, 1924 | 12/1/1924 | See Source »

...Yes. He set up a cider press and allowed his cider to ferment a bit, just as he had done previously with some grapes, and he gave his neighbors to drink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Not Guilty | 11/24/1924 | See Source »

...think that the American drama is about to eclipse the British drama? Yes, I do. It has not failed to take advantage of its manifold opportunities and has made a great deal of progress in the last twenty years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAYS BOSTON IS NO DRAMA LOVING CITY | 11/24/1924 | See Source »

...been suggested that a remedy for this top-personal difficulty lies in the abolition of the "man to man" contests, such as boxing, diving, and so on. Yes, that is one remedy-like burning the lights all night because you are afraid of the dark. But it would be much better to realize in the first place that in a competition so close as to cause any hesitancy in the judges' decision, a win is neither a thing to be puffed up over, nor is a loss any disgrace of how! about, it should also be remembered that those...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OLYMPIC FENCER SAYS SENSATIONALISM HAS MAGNIFIED DISSENSIONS OF GAMES | 11/21/1924 | See Source »

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