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...Parliament would in the future impersonate the Calif. Abdul-Medjid Effendi, last Turkish Calif, declared with his predecessor, Mohammed VI, that his deposition as Calif was illegal and sacrilegious. Then from the heart of Islam, Husein Ibn Ali, a descendent of the Prophet, declared himself Calif and without more ado he assumed the Califate (TIME, March 24). A torrent of rage swept over Islam and died down. Husein became stronger and stronger each day. He was indeed the "Arab of Arabs," the Supreme Prince of the Moslem faith. But, under the surface, Islam was being moved by mighty forces...
...minus their professionals last week. The 32 had absconded simultaneously to the bottom of the State of Indiana, there to dispute the Professional Golfers' Association championship over the French Lick Links. Qualifying rounds having been played by districts (TIME, Sept. 8), the 32 plunged into match play without ado. Fur flew in the second round, when Gene Sarazen, of Briarcliff, N. Y., champion these two years, was suddenly ousted by an "unknown," one Larry Nabholtz, of Lima, Ohio. Nabholtz nabbed "the Grinning Runt" at the 35th green. Bobby Cruickshank, of Shacka-maxon, N. J., shot...
Italy, like France, has two budgets. When statesmen talk of prosperity, they point with pride to the surplus in the ordinary budget; when they complain of some untoward action on the part of another nation, they refer to the deficit in the extraordinary budget. Thus, despite the much-ado over Italy's financial recovery, budgets which balance, etc., the real position (as shown by the estimates for 1924-25) is, according to Ugo Ancona in the Giornale d'Italia...
Novelist Norris entitled her speech "New Fashions in Morals." She said that, while working for woman suffrage, she often thought that it was much ado about nothing, and that she was inclined to think so still...
...cannot escape the conviction, Mr. President, that your request for my resignation is also most untimely." Without further ado, Mr. Daugherty boarded a train and went to Atlantic City. There he was awaited by a bevy of reporters with open notebooks. He went to the Hotel Traymore and was besieged by the press. He smiled gayly if a bit ruefully. "Don't come too close, boys. . . You'll be contaminated. "Don't call me 'Dockerty.' Call me 'Daugherty,' pronouncing it Doherty... "I will let you look at me walking on the boardwalk...