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Last week Young Chang, now Dictator of Manchuria since Old Chang is dead (TIME, July 2), invited General Yang to a game of Mah Jong in Mukden, remote Manchurian Capital. Also sitting in was General Chang Yin-huai, another faithful officer of old times. Softly the tiles rattled, and courteously the game began. Not until midnight neared did Young Chang excuse himself momentarily, leaving the Generals in mellow mood over wine and sweetmeats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Mah Jong Murder? | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...Lord Stevenson was a bad yin. I see ye dinna owerleuk him in yer last issue. He was anither o' thae Ayrshire Yokels. He gaed tae the same schule as I did masel'. I wunner what Jix was thinkin' o' himsel', addressin' the like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Secret | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

Foreign Affairs-Dr. C. C. Wu (son of onetime [1896] Chinese Minister to Washington, Wu Ting-fang, 1896-). Finance-Dr. Ku Yin-fang (onetime associate of the late Dr. Sun Yatsen, "Father of the Chinese Republic"). Chiang, his "Cabinet" set up, hurried Northward with two armies, resuming the original Nationalist object of advancing to conquer Peking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Troubled Cities | 5/2/1927 | See Source »

...Neighborhood Playhouse last week interrupted the run of The Dybbuk with a triple bill of light music. The three are A Burmese Pwe; Hayden's opera-bouffe, The Apothecary; and Kuan Yin, a Chinese fantasy. They combine into one of the most graceful and thoroughly satisfactory entertainments that the town now boasts. The Burmese piece depicts the general good time to be had by all when a wealthy host gives a party. The Apothecary is light and whimsical, and the Chinese piece has bits of Russian and a dash of good old Broadway. Albert Carroll and the resident Neighborhood troupe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Mar. 29, 1926 | 3/29/1926 | See Source »

Government 4: Albiza-y-Campos to Johnson (inclusive) Sever 35 Kaplan to Yin (inclusive), Sever 36 Greek B II, Sever 30 Greek 11, Sever 30 History 7, Div. Lib. 3 History 12: Abernethy to Gray (inclusive), Emerson A Green to Whitney (inclusive), Emerson F Italian 1, Sever 24 Italian 10, Lower Mass. Mathematics C: Professor Bocher's Section 1,--Albright to Preston, Sever 17 Rand to Wortley, Sever 18 Dr. Kircher's section 2, Sever 18 Mr. Murphy's section 3, Sever 19 Mr. Hopkins's section 4, Sever 20 Mathematics 2, II: Anderson to Weinberg (inclusive), Sever 23 Whittemore...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Examinations Continue | 6/7/1916 | See Source »

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