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...Coady's men had the Blue cohorts deep in their own territory in the middle of the first period. Noble fell back to his own 10-yard line and booted a soaring punt that bounded past Stafford and rolled to the Crimson 10-yard mark. This kick changed the complexion of the game in an instant. Harvard now had its back to the wall, and a moment later Captain Coady tried to kick from his 25-yard streak. The Crimson line buckled; Richards, Yale tackle, took the ascending pigskin on his chest, and the ball rolled across the goal line...
...states will elect 34 senators who will take office on March 4, 1927, and thereby determine the political complexion of the upper house of the 70th Congress. The party candidates in their relative degrees of surety, probability and doubtfulness are herewith presented...
House. The Republican majority in the House of Representatives is safe, even though the Democrats are going to gain from five to ten seats. The present complexion of the House...
England brought her religious complexion out into the sunlight last week when the preliminary results of two questionnaires were announced. The ponderous "lower middle class," which historians delight in calling the backbone of the nation, voted 75% solidly for Christianity in the London Daily News poll. But the suave sophisticates, the dreamy litterateurs who read the Nation and Athenaeum (London weekly) leaned toward atheism, agnosticism...
...political situation in the state with the largest population last week began to clarify in complexion and assume very vivid colors in makeup. Some time ago the Democrats, whose stronghold is New York City, discovered that it was good policy to be Wet. The Republicans, much of whose strength is in upstate Dry regions, have heretofore been arid. The leaders to be chosen for this year's electoral battle were eagerly awaited. The one sure contestant had been Republican Senator Wadsworth, who comes up for reelection. He is the representative of a "landed family," the members of which have...