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...Committee was out of the hole, with $45,000 to boot. Besides, National Committeemen had brought about $25,000 to help towards paying off the debt. Out of debt, and $70,000 clear! Quiet, modest Cordell Hull, its Chairman, had brought the Committee...
Corfu. The receipt of the Greek note in Italy fanned the public temper to white heat. Numerous violent actions against Greeks occurred from one end of Italy to the other. The Italian Government, which had previously mobilized the fleet at Taranto (in the arch of the Italian boot) refused to accept the Greek reply and ordered its men-of-war to Corfu, a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, west of Greece. On arrival, an Italian naval captain was sent ashore to demand the surrender of the town of Corfu. The Greek Governor stated that he would ask for instructions...
Politics in this country is very like a game of football. The sport requires that there be a ball to boot about. In years gone by, the tariff and silver issues served the purpose ?but they had their drawbacks, like all economic questions, for someone or other was sure to have his toes stepped on. Thereupon he realized quickly in what direction his interests...
...multitudes of Paris, and in the Quartier latin hoary professors vie with cherub-faced students to do the " lily-white damsel" honor. Then the procession begins and Jeanne d'Arc is followed by her army, garbed in the costumes of their ancestors, who march with firm intent " to boot the English out of France...
...knowledge. Eventually, perhaps, the Phi Beta Kappa Bureau can establish itself as a clearing-house for recommended tutors and students who can profit by their services. By placing its stamp of approval on properly qualified tutors and their methods, it should eventually help to eliminate much of the "boot-leg" element in professional tutoring. The Phi Beta Kappa has been regarded chiefly as an honorary organization: in becoming usefully active as well, it will justify itself in the eyes of a few who are now inclined to scoff...