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8 picks · 1930–1953

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Nobody But Nobody Undersells Uncle Sam
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The writer thinks this year is certainly a good one for bargain sales. He noticed that the government is trying to sell 14 ships, all of which are either …

Bait
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How to carve a reputation in Society as bait. According to Miss Alice Leone Moats of Town and Country the men about town considered as the most interesting…

Mid-Campaign
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How do things stand in the middle of the campaign? Well, at any rate the candidates remain the same. The Democratic nominee continues to be Mr. Roosevelt, …

Is There a Republican Party?
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Writing at the height of F.D.R.’s Presidency, in 1935, Frank Sullivan imagines a world where, like Santa Claus, Republicans might not exist.

The grand passion
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Satire on movie actresses who are continually falling in love with someone else. Fanciful interview in which the actress, Carmencita Passion, tells of her …

How the social center was fixed
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The exact social center of New York was recently fixed at a point in the southeast corner of the back yard of the home of Mr. John Chandler Moore of 15 …