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Princetonians coached to play viciously. Needy Mr. Hubbard ascribed to Princeton certain groining tactics which even lumberjacks abhor. . . . Harvard was officially silent. Individuals confusedly lamented the breach. Princeton formally quashed needy Mr. Hubbard's charges by publishing letters from the officials who had supervised all the games needy Mr. Hubbard had pretended to know about...
Sirs: Yes, I know what TIME is-and I abhor it. I never subscribed; it was sent to me by an ill-advised female relative. WALTER LOWRIE...
Hindus are idolaters, and would die rather than eat the sacred flesh of cow or bull. Moslems are beef-eaters,* and abhor idolatry. Last week Swami Shradanand, noted Hindu Brahman, sat down to discuss religious matters with one Abdul Rashid, a Mohammedan, at Delhi, capital of British India. Soon they disagreed. The courtly Swami ("Lord") Shradanand sought to avoid dispute by requesting the Mohammedan to call again when they might discourse with cooler heads. Abdul Rashid, vitally vexed, drew a revolver and shot the Swami dead, was captured, jailed...
...Gentlemen, I have been accused of obstructing the War. I admit it, gentlemen; I abhor war. I would oppose the War if I stood alone...
Suddenly came action abrupt and typically decisive from the Monarchists, who abhor Locarno and all its works. At a caucus of the Nationalist Reichstag deputies a resolution was adopted condemning "the results of the Locarno treaties at present available...