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...despite their victories, many experts believed the Greek army faced its darkest days when...
Thanks to almost simultaneous rulings last week by the powers that be in Nassau and New Haven, Princeton men and Yale men can now go to the dogs perfectly legally. For the bottle which has long nestled illicitly in the darkest corner of every good Princetonian's closet can be brought out onto his mantelpiece in safety, and the Elis can sleep peacefully through all their classes...
Sirs: I nominate for Man of the Year, not the heretofore irresistible force, but today's immovable object, Winston Churchill-sustaining, and sustained by, the morale of a free people in its darkest hour...
...darkest nooks in the political madhouse was the Cleveland-Elaine campaign. James G. Elaine, who entered the Presidential race trailing a none-too-savory financial reputation, was covered with calumny. Burlesquing Gerome's painting of the noted Greek courtesan Phryne confounding her Athenian judges by her naked beauty, Puck's talented Gillam showed Republican Blaine standing coyly before his party leaders, his stout, bedrawered figure tattooed with his allegedly scandalous record. Democrats chanted: "Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine, Continental liar from the State of Maine." Republicans got dirt in their fingernails digging up the story of Maria Halpin...
Said the Commission: "The American people must not repeat the mistakes of the European democracies. Without becoming victims of hysteria, they should resolutely refuse to nourish pleasing illusions and should proceed in all haste to prepare for the worst . . . gird themselves to face the darkest period of their history. . . . In this world a people must be strong or perish." Main job facing the schools, said the Commission, is mobilization for moral defense. Its proposals: American Dream: "The American people . . . have taken their blessings for granted . . . lack a clear perception of what is at stake. . . . Education can help to clarify...