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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...little workshop uptown with the comfortable feeling that, even if the notables had not paid much attention to him, he was directly, almost solely, responsibile for their party. He had asked them beforehand if they would like to place something truly historic in that cornerstone and when they said "yes," had given them the first four strips of film that any man ever ran through a motion picture projector...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Inventor | 11/9/1925 | See Source »

...Manassa, Colo., (birth town of Pugilist Jack Dempsey) members of the school board proposed to name the new high school "The Jack Dempsey School." Came a fierce protest from the American Legion. "A direct affront-yes, an insult-to every World War veteran," said the Chairman of the Denver District Rehabilitation Committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Nov. 9, 1925 | 11/9/1925 | See Source »

...Yes," remarked the bellboy. "It was a gay week-end, and we enjoyed it just as much as the boys from Dartmouth. The reason I say that the Dartmouth men are more generous is because they invariably tipped us more than the boys from Cambridge." When asked whether Dartmouth's generosity could not be traced to the prosperous condition of the invaders as a result of successful wagers, the attendant replied. "No, they were just as generous Friday as they were Saturday. But the Harvard fellows treat the hotel more as their home, and consequently sometimes forget that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth Men Are More Generous and Better Dancers, But Less Dignified Than Harvard Says Copley Bellboy | 10/27/1925 | See Source »

...with their football. They had punch, pep, and knew what was coming next every minute. On football Harvard was satisfies with straight football, and their dancing was the same way. Out in the Stadium, Dartmouth put on trick plays, and here they went in for the Charleston. Yes sir, they put on a snake dance in Cambridge and they also had their snake dance in here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth Men Are More Generous and Better Dancers, But Less Dignified Than Harvard Says Copley Bellboy | 10/27/1925 | See Source »

...irate citizen gave the letter to the Press. The Press pursued the Senator into far Vermont, where he was visiting. "Oh, yes," said he, "that is true. I have become connected with the General Packing Co. and have written some letters recommending it to some of my friends. I regard it as a very good thing. They are making fruit concentrates. I've looked into it and it seems to be a very good thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Copeland's Letter | 10/26/1925 | See Source »

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