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...place in this country, with its dealing in grain futures. But I think it should be cleaned up-and cleaned up from the inside. It has a lot of good men in it who want to clean it up and I see no reason why outsiders should butt...
...were to the effect that the Administration's attempt to collect the debts need not be taken as seriously as it sounded. Was Otto H. Kahn the cause of offense ? He had made a speech, had tried to sweeten the bitter bills. Was George W. Wickersham the butt of official anonymous reproach? He had made several speeches on the general subject of peace, goodwill. Did Congressman W. R. Green misstep? He had conferred with Finance Minister Caillaux of France, had told newspapermen France could not pay quickly. Or was the offender some unnamed great one who was rumored...
...next session and for some time thereafter the public can watch for a merry exchange of discourtesies between the Senate and its presiding officer. Mr. Dawes has been known to get his way pretty generally in the past, and the stubbornness of the Senate has long been the butt of the nation's humorists...
...Committee was the last speaker of the afternoon. He declared himself heartily in accord with the statements Coach Stevens had made, and said that the graduates were getting behind rowing stronger every year. "We've all got to push and push hard", he said. "Graduates are not going to butt in to Harvard rowing. We're all intent on securing cooperation and we're all backing Captain Kelley to the limit." Coach Spuhr, of the 150-pound squad and Dr. Edward Harding '10, crew physician also spoke briefly
...done so, he well knew, he would have given any alert dog the opportunity of pontifying of him, as he once did of a dancing canine. "The wonder is not that he should do it badly, but that he should do it at all." Fearful of becoming the butt of such quadrupedantry, the wise Dr. Johnson abjured wires, seldom removed his shoes.* Not so cautious was Roger Fry, proclaimed by many educated people to be the best Art critic in the world. He painted pictures and last week exhibited them in the Joseph Brummer Galleries, Manhattan...