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...dolt like this, except for the fact that he reflects an odious and rather ill-deserved light on Germans in general (of whom I am not one). I have lived several years in European countries, including Germany, and I have never noticed that there were more thickheads per capita in Germany than elsewhere, although misguided-† like this Muller are likely to give this impression...
...less moment and that wanderers are increasing at an alarming rate, must seem a grievous thing demanding immediate attention from those still in the fold. . . . Take away the materialistic character of the shekels needed for the sanctuary. Do not use such terms as 'assessments,' taxes' and 'per capita rates.' Merge money matters into acts of spiritual worship and service...
...Yess, Madam. Drink of water? Ginger ale? Another pillow? Right away?and the more testy the request, the more cheery the service. That is professional ethics. Invariably, the "nervous" are poor tippers. But Mr. Warner and his peers are nearly certain to make up their average of $1 per capita in tips from the "not nervous," who often want bags opened, cocktails shaken, cards brought...
...colleges now than it was say twenty years ago. It approximates about one suicide to 5,000 students. It is not at all surprising that increase in the gross number of suicides should come with the tremendous increase in the number of students in college. Furthermore, even a per capita increase would not be surprising in view of the fact that new social strata invading the field of higher education, strata composed of individuals whose early environment has not prepared them for sudden immersion in the cold bath of new and complex ideas...
...Passed the War Department appropriation bill of $357,000,000, providing for a standing army of 118,750 men, increasing the daily per capita food ration from 35c to 40c (TIME, Jan. 24), allowing $20,000,000 to continue the five-year program of the Air Corps. (Bill went to the Senate...