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...That, although the 18th Amendment permits states concurrent power of enforcement, it does not order that they shall avail themselves...
...world problems and affairs. Sentimental enthusiasm has little to recommend it; intelligent interest is a necessity in the development of citizenship. In whatever way such interest is created, its importance in an institution of the kind Harvard aims to be is undoubted. Mere intellectual development is of little avail without practical application...
...notorious fact that nations, as nations, never repent. The North expected the South to repent the Civil War-without avail. But Grant's magnanimity and Lee's gentlemanliness after the war did much to bridge a yawning chasm of hate...
...party. A tattoo was drummed with despatch boxes on the desks. Whistles, large bells and trumpets joined in one concerted, inharmonious, deafening din. The parties opposing the communists, not to be outdone, mustered their vocal chords and poured forth a varied species of banshee wail-but all to no avail. The communists not only carried the day, but held the Parliament building. A desperate Government Bench, not being able to hear itself think, finally ordered the removal of the communists from the Chamber, and a few moments later the Parliamentary Guard carried the unruly members out to the martial strains...
...real battlefield of personality is, of course, musical comedy. Any number of good tunes, clever librettos, gorgeous settings, avail nothing without personality in the cast. A comedian is about as laughable as an undertaker without...