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...cause of the present trouble in China centers in Shang-hai.* So numerous have been the reasons for the rumpus that they have varied with the political complexion of each sinologue interpreter...
...contemplation to mercurial quickness of sudden resolution-on broad shoulders, a round head, marked by an oppressively full brow which overarches the face like a crag-eyes, of gooseberry size and color, which roam restlessly or assume a fixed expression as if looking into the secrets of Fate. His complexion is sallow and leatherlike, and his face is shot through with lines, lines which he will never permit a photographer to erase because, as he says, 'it cost me too much to get them...
...known in the human race prior to that period. He declared that this was no gradual trend toward decreased fertility, but the result of an increase in birth-control knowledge. He declared that the decline of the birthrate coupled with the decline of the deathrate would change the complexion of England by 1940, because much older people would dominate the country. Incidentally, he asserted that coincident with the growth of birth-control the number of marriages is decreasing...
...complexion of the next Senate of the U. S. is a matter of less conjecture than the complexion of the next House. The House will be what the voters make it in November. The Senate will remain two- thirds as it is now. The factor of variation in the latter is a maximum of 33 seats. The present composition is 51 Republicans, 43 Democrats, 2 Farmer-Laborites. In reality the division is about 42 Democrats, 42 Republicans and 12 Radicals. To have a majority (49), either of the major parties must elect a minimum of 7 more regulars than...
...estimate that 60 votes would change the complexion of Congress on the Prohibition issue is decidedly optimistic on the part of the Wets...