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...continued high cost of construction has, along with the downward tendency of rentals, apparently placed a damper upon construction. Bradstreet's report, covering conditions in 152 cities throughout the country, shows that, compared with $224,624,218 of construction for August last, the value of construction last September in the same cities amounted to $198,942,935. Part of this decrease can only be accounted for through the fact that there were two more business days in August than in September. The figure for September...
...situation in Bulgaria is still uncertain. According to the latest reports, however, the new Government is likely to stand until the new elections have taken place, which will be during the next six weeks. It seems that the death of Stambuliski has put a damper on the conflicts between the peasants and the adherents of the new regime...
...conjecture market is still as lively as ever. Why were these gratuitous prophecies made so early and so positively? There is at least one plausible answer. Perhaps their object is to put a damper on insurgents within the Republican ranks. These rebels, attracted by the vigor of a Borah or the vote-swinging power of a Johnson, have been spreading sly stories about the President's discouragement over his work. They have bored from within, intending to scuttle the ship quietly when the time was ripe. They have imagined that they could persuade him of his unfitness for office...
Plans for the picnic are rapidly nearing completion. The great question has been answered. The weather will have no effect on the picnic since rain could not make the 21st of May any damper. Moreover, we do not need any Supreme Court decision on this weather report. The "Co-op" has already ordered our custumes, consisting of overalls, cap and tin cup, and a notice will appear in the "Crimson" just as soon as the costumes are ready for delivery. We hope to have everybody well started by the fifth reel and home in Cambridge in time for the "fadeout...
...trustees at Columbia University in calling for an inquiry as to the political doctrines of various professors in that institution need occasion no surprise. It is true, of course, that the cry of academic freedom is bound to be raised whenever an attempt is made to put any damper on these ebullitions, but to the minds of most laymen there is no good reason why a decent respect for the opinions of mankind should not characterize the utterances and actions of scholars as of other...