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Elsewhere in these columns appear two editorials that take opposite sides on the question of prohibition polls in general and collegiate prohibition polls in particular. One says that the CRIMSON'S drive to ascertain college opinion is one of the three big phantoms staring the dry leaders in the face, the other takes the smug "nothing-ever-matters" attitude and joins the ranks of the cynics by saying that the collegiate statistics do not delve deep enough...
...depth of eight feet, and in this way the compression of the layers of the limestone under the meteor can easily be seen, as well as the sharp upward bending of these layers on the sides. Owing to the position of the meteor it is not possible to ascertain how much of a "nose" it has, and how deep this nose has buried itself in the rock. Accordingly only a rough estimate can be made of its mass, in all probability not less than fifty tons...
...appreciated that all his audience knew what chiropractic is?"a system of adjustment consisting of palpitation of the spinal column to ascertain vertebral subluxations, followed by the adjustment of them by hand, in order to relieve pressure upon nerves at the intervertebra1. foramina so that nerve force may flow freely from the brain to the rest of the body"?more simply, manipulating the spinal column to relieve pressure on the nerves which pass through...
...ascertain just why the Senators are so sacrosanct that one violates the properties in gazing at them through opera glasses...
...have therefore taken the trouble to ascertain from the employe in charge that our flag was half-staffed on the day of Secretary Good's funeral, and will make an affidavit to that effect if necessary...