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Besides these developments in the internal situation the policy of the Crimson with regard to other colleges has changed materially. Harvard was once a firm believer in the principle of the Munroe doctrine and refused to enter any league, compact, or agreement. At present Harvard is a league competitor in almost every sport...
...been noticing a gleam in the Old Woman's eyes for some time," he confided. "She watches me as I shave, as I light my pipe, as I tie my tie; she hangs around me all the time and keeps glancing into her compact mirror, starting at her profile on the side that doesn't show the huge wen on her nose, patting the stringy mass of gray hair that is left on the top of her head. Poor thing! She seems worried every time I go out. As a matter of fact she's taken to hiding my cane...
...have heard much of special interest and of lobbying, but the greatest and most effective of all lobbies--those maintained by the various veterans' associations--by some special dispensation escape labelling and the halls of Congress ring with cheers for their agents. The reason, of course, lies in their compact organization and vote-control. They come, not as petitioners with a legitimate interest to defend, but as tyrannical over-lords, to demand, and receive, great portions of the nation's substance. But when Congress kowtows to orders from bonus headquarters, the public should at least be spared the hypocritical mouthings...
...berth appearing in its place covered by a white & gold canopy. So that six Cardinals can celebrate Mass at once en route, the Papal Train has six altars sumptuously provided with cruets of water and sacrificial wine, tabernacles, lace altar cloths, candlesticks of all necessary sizes and complete but compact sets of sacred vessels. (Continued...
...cellulose structure came visibly apart under powerful microscopes. The particles, it turned out, had not been too small to see but were hidden by a cementing substance that the acid dissolved. There were football-shaped bodies some .00006 in. long. As the cell wall was built the particles formed compact strands like strings of sausages, and as string after string was laid down on the cell wall they merged so neatly with the gelatinous cement that the structure looked completely homogeneous unless the cement were dissolved. Aware now of the double structure of cellulose and able to study...