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...heart of a nation. And that heart, in Russia's third wartime Christmas, beat strong and steadily with an enormous pride of achievement. It was as if the whole Russian nation, watching for the appearance of the first evening star that (according to the Russian Orthodox custom) breaks the absolute pre-Christmas fast, looked westward from Moscow, and could see the Russian armies, like a mobile wall, inch by inch fight back their age-old enemies-Nemtsi, the Germans...
Four of these men, when asked for their opinions on the institution they had entered recently, gave it their hearty endorsement. Knight disagreed with the widely held belief that it is a revolting tribal custom. He said it deserved nothing but praise, had made him a better...
Alonzo Stagg's old custom when he won a game was to let things go, celebrate by eating a quart of ice cream. With the wartime shortage he has had to run in a substitute-a dish of fresh figs...
Another Propeller Club speaker who broke with established custom was Henry J. Kaiser. Miracleman Kaiser's plans for the future shocked some shipowners: he spoke for the operation of U.S. merchant ships without subsidies. Said he bluntly: "Subsidies create depressions." The Kaiser method: cut costs by paying crews a minimum wage, but giving each seaman a share in the profits earned by the ships they serve on. Said Kaiser, serving notice on the shipowner audience that the Kaiser empire may start its own shipping company: ". . . Whether it be labeled 'publicity' or not ... it will be my personal...
...been the custom with similar affairs in the past, all interested persons are invited to attend the exercises, and ample space is available in the wooden baseball bleachers to accommodate 1000 spectators...