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...fact to base its theory on, and making such blunders as describing Mr. Aldrich as a Rockefeller son-in-law,* seized this lurid angle: "The House of Rockefeller would strip the House of Morgan of this tremendous power. ... It caught the Morgan camp wholly unawares and created something akin to consternation. . . . Even with the Rockefeller backing, it took courage to antagonize and defy the House of Morgan, starting a feud in which no quarter will be given nor asked...
...immaterial and decidedly unsportsmanlike, and the article would have been as readable and as informative with this comment omitted. I agree that the trip, especially with his family, was a foolish undertaking, and merits condemnation, but to rehash the past when a man is trying to rehabilitate himself is akin to striking him when he is down (and in more ways than one). Mr. Hutchinson may be the publicity seeker: he may even have beamed with delight over some of his notoriety: if so he has his reward. The Post's comment has certainly mingled his wine with wries...
Vehement in the minority was Belgian Commission Chairman Albert Janssen. With the Indian and South African members, he advocated on a world scale measures akin to the Goldsborough Bill in the U. S., advised "international action of the gold-standard countries to restore world wholesale commodity prices to the 1928 level...
...should be placed upon the initiative of the college editor. Every field of human activity should be open to his editorial ruminations. We base this belief upon our conception of the editorial as merely a thought provoking medium, and not, as some have come to view it, as something akin to an oracle. Practical journalists have derided these admittedly radical college editors and have cited them as valid reasons for a literal "chaining" of the college editor. We, in turn, could easily find in this history of American journalism many examples of prejudiced, radical editors and editorials. Would that justify...
...Kalat differs from the other states of the Indian Empire," said Lord Willingdon from his Throne, "in that it is a confederacy of nomad tribes, closely akin to the khanates of Central Asia and the emirates of Arabia." This being so, His Excellency voiced special pleasure in greeting on behalf of George V and installing on the Kalat Throne a tall, white-robed nomad who advanced majestically and was hailed by the Viceroy with his full name and rank, "Mir Azam Jang Khan, Wali of Kalat and Khan of the Brahui Confederacy...