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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"It sounds sweet to be knocked out: no feeling at all," the heavyweight champion of New England told the reporter. "It doesn't bother a bit: you just get up and collect your wits and your money." He stopped to weigh in, while the CRIMSON representative watched various near-great...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Being Knocked Out Is Sweet Says Jack Sharkey, You Collect Your Wits and Money--Gridiron More Strenuous Than Ring | 2/21/1928 | See Source »

In retort, employers construed goodwill as a form of Property. When labor organizers disrupt the relations between workers and employers, are they not destroying goodwill? "The most important right is the right of use, for without use, property may be valueless," said Col. James Augustan Emery, counsel for the National...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Lobby Duel | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

As an authentic co-leader with William Butler Yeats of the "Gaelic Renaissance," Sage Russell, now lecturing throughout the U. S., commands respect for the following judgment: ". . . The first phase of great civilization is that of mastery of the plastic and material arts. America is now passing through this phase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comings & Goings: Feb. 20, 1928 | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

Songster Grace Moore surpassed her predecessors in the quality of her message to other U. S. singers: "You CAN do it if you have talent, persistence, courage and the inward flame! First, have you God-given talent? If so, carry on beyond all obstacles! You must have the moral courage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: God-given Talent | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

Repeatedly defeated at the polls, Disraeli finally turned Tory, and slipped into Parliament through the influence of one of his many women friends. His too brilliant maiden speech was booed. But an Irish opponent, impressed, advised him: "Get rid of your genius for a session. . . . The House will not allow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dizzy | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

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