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...robots of the present have evolved into remarkably gifted samples of their species. They say "Thank you," they repeat trade slogans, they make change. One of the newest of Dora's progeny, however, possesses a truly embarrassing gift. This is a change maker which, when presented with legitimate coin of the realm, silently and efficiently performs its functions. If, however, some thrifty and dishonest Briton insults it with a slug, a washer, the robot angry, cries: "Please use good coins only...
Kwantung's Chen accepted with alacrity. The Kwangsi troops ceased their advance. Wagon loads of silver coin, food and munitions were sent out from Canton to appease the besiegers. Foreign correspondents sent squibs to their papers describing this example of Chinese warfare...
...found dead. Then came the slaughter of the suspects−an annoying device which S.S. Van Dine used to better effect in The Greene Murder Case. Shrewd readers should be able to pick the culprit among the two remaining suspects; stupid readers would do well to flip a coin...
Neither the theory of giving the honors candidate an examination in his Junior year, nor that of delaying it until his Senior year represents a distinct educational program. Each is a different side of the same coin. No question of individual freedom is involved; this is determined by release from tutorial and course restriction, and the opportunities are equally good under either plan. The difference is one of degree, rather than of kind; whether a course which dismisses half its subject after a hurried two years is wiser than one which carries general and specific along together, to the profit...
...official domain, Secretary Mellon reported that the public debt had been cut by $905,883,703 in fiscal 1928. The movement of gold from the U. S. was reflected in a decline of 108.8 millions in the Treasury's bullion & coin, and a decrease of 324.3 millions in the bullion & coin held by the Treasury for the Federal Reserve Board...