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Other knights, other fates, the perplexity of which is somewhat relieved by an appendix, a much-needed calendar of events during the years 1239-1300 in legendary France...
...Appendix. A series of covering notes between the contracting parties was attached as an appendix having the same validity as the treaty itself. Therein Germany affirms that: 1) She will not take part in any punitive action by the League of Nations against Russia, unless she (Germany) deems Russia indisputably guilty of aggression. 2) The German Government is convinced that Germany's membership in the League offers no obstacle to a friendly development of Russo-German relations...
...seen in certain very thin persons. It resembles greatly the finger movements in milking a cow's teats. In intestinal obstruction such cathartic-induced peristalsis pounds the blockade, causing terrific distress and often death. Appendicitis is another situation where cathartics may not be used without discretion. Here the appendix has become infected and the human corporation tries to occlude the spread of germs by forming adhesions and putting the abdomen at rest. Cathartics disturb this equilibrium...
...yesterday's issue of the Alumni Bulletin appears the report of the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports, which is printed below in part. Besides a full statement of its athletic and financial policies, the report contains a copious appendix in which the Intercollegiate Conference Rules are printed, and wherein a complete account of the Harvard, Yale, and Princeton agreement is also to be found...
...child is glad, its tail sticks out straight; when the reverse, its tail goes down between its legs. There are from 70 to 180 details of the body which are atavistic, including the muscles which sometimes can move the ears, the muscles that make hair stand on end, the appendix (which in herbivorous animals is important in digestion), the pineal gland in the top of the head where the first amphibians had an eye (probably as a lookout when they" were half buried in the mud). 3) Paleontology (the fossil record). This is the least complete evidence...