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...sharp "How" broke in on his thought. Whence came this white-haired intruder who braved double vengeance, so the Vagabond hoped, with his crass "Don't you think. . ." A sole invasion, perhaps. But no. There was the seedy individual who whined it down his long spectacle bestridden nose; there was the impeccable curlyhead, doubtless a Freshman, who wheedled; there was the lumpy cherub who peeped. The pack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 12/13/1932 | See Source »

James Ramsay MacDonald, onetime British Prime Minister, said last week: "I have never bestridden a bicycle because I have no balance of that sort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 24, 1928 | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

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