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...cept in the second round when Mumb's triple and a sacrifice gave the schoolboys their run. Harvard made three errors, but the Crimson infielders gave Booth brilliant support in the pinches...
...keep up large armies. There are also Great Tuchuns?the War Lords? who control groups of Tuchuns. These men are the real rulers of modern China; their word is law; they control the Government and the future. As there is no national army, their autocratic sway is undisputed?ex- cept among themselves. As a matter of fact, the President himself is a Tuchun, for he is the virtual military governor of several districts in the proximity of Peking...
...also been ruled that no student shall be permitted to take any books or papers into the examination room ex- cept by the express direction of the instructor, and that no communication shall be allowed between students in the examination room on any subject whatever...
...display of ichthyological knowledge, I asked to see her book, at the same time remarking, "This is just the time and spot that one would choose to read a good novel. Are you fond of novels? But I suppose they are forbidden in the college." " Nothin's forbidden, 'cept young men," replied she; "and I don't take much stock in novels, anyhow. There ain't enough meat to 'em, - lot of girls and men that don't know anything, nor can't talk about anything 'cept each other and love; oh! awful stuff...