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...Isle of Vanishing Men. Again, a savage island picture, the most glamorous part of which is its title. The cannibals revealed in it, a prey to the devouring diseases of civilization, are akin to Barnum's dog-faced man. Their vanishing, from the samples shown here, will not make them missed. Wildly advertised orgies have been emasculated, till all that remains is a form of nocturnal shimmying by the tribe...
When the New York Reserve Bank raised its rediscount rate from 3 to 3 1/2 % (TiME, Mar. 9), financial London at once showed something nearly akin to excitement. If the pound sterling is to be put back on a gold basis shortly, gold shipments to the U. S. must be prevented; and the easiest way of doing this is to keep London interest rates higher than those in Manhattan. This, of course, tends to attract capital from the U. S. to the British center, and so support the exchange rate for sterling with U. S. dollars...
...peculiarly harmful in its effect upon the administration of justice. Thus we find the presentation of a trial in the light of a theatrical performance rather than a dispassionate inquiry into the merits of the case. This is bound to lessen respect for the law and its instrumentalities. Akin to this is the creation of an erroneous conception of the true working of the judicial machinery. Frequently, there results the formulation of a public opinion upon a matter to be judged by the jury alone- And, of course, there is the catering to the public appetite for scandal, with...
...York Herald-Tribune-"Something akin to a triumph...
...Your college life is made far more colorful and exciting by your many outside activities, and especially athletics. "Football", he said, "is an interest which makes all the world akin. It is something which everyone can talk about, and it is, oh so interesting...