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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chancellor Churchill of the British Exchequer struck hands with Finance Minister Count Volpi of Italy last week; signed and sealed an agreement with him that Italy is to pay the following sums to Great Britain in liquidating her debt...
Dispassionate observers could find little to add to these two pronouncements. Taken together, however, they provided much solid food for thought, and an excellent opportunity for congratulating Count Volpi upon his success in apparently pleasing both his major creditors fairly well. The New York Times might scoff: "Both Great Britain and the U. S. gravely assume that our grandchildren will be collecting on the Italian debt. . . . Who lives will see, but it is extremely unlikely that he will see that." And the London Times might grumble: "Reduced to simple mathematical terms, the agreement represents the cancellation of approximately six-sevenths...
...upon "the amount of aid supplied to British troops by Italy" and other intangible factors. Two weeks ago, honest Italians considered the alleged original Italian total offer of 380 million pounds too high; and honest Britons felt the alleged initial British demand of 580 million pounds too low. As Count Volpi put it, in his now famous "favorite English sentence": "It all depends on how you look at it." 2) The Churchill-Volpi fiscal deal was persistently rumored last week to be only the visible cement of a British-Italian "understanding" with respect to mutual interests in the Near East...
...California, where all things increase and multiply, the University of California announced that- not counting correspondence students, extension workers or any students doing work that does not count towards a degree, but counting only full-time students-it had 16,282 students enrolled for the current semester and was by that token "largest school of its kind in the U. S." Columbia University was reported second largest with 11,836 full-timers; the University of Illinois was third with 11,212. (Last year, Columbia reported a grand total of 32,769 students of all kinds; was the largest school...
...clear that the second half was to be an exciting session. The Connecticut men took the lead on a goal from the floor by Bitgood, but the count was knotted again at 16 all. Eddy then scored and the Aggies drew ahead 20 to 16. The University staged a comeback and got three baskets in a row. With ten minutes to play, and a lead of two points, the home team attempted a waiting game by retiring to its own part of the floor, and drawing out the enemy defense. Smith scored on two fouls, and then Coombs counted...