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...argues Ritchie. Whether he can make a sufficient dent upon his party to propel it in the direction either of Jefferson or of Ritchie, we have...
...started on the rivers below Illinois at once, Mayor Thompson's bluster vanished. He went back to Chicago saying he would work to draft Mr. Coolidge again for President. When Representative Reid next called at the White House he found that his large friend had made no dent in the Coolidge opposition to the Reid bill...
...story noted honor done to Citizen George Dent Crabbs for his part ("wise, eloquent") in obtaining for Cincinnati a new railway station...
...Josie Nebblepredder?all Nebblepredders. A Nebblepredder, that is to say these Nebblepredders, were poor Nebblepredders. Their hope and true salvation was Elmer Nebblepredder, who earned $20 a week. Other Nebblepredders nibbled at his salary ceaselessly, particularly Ma Nebblepredder, whose false teeth took a $200 nibble and then wouldn't dent her edibles. The Nebblepredders household therefore was in a pretty needless state of meddling. Enormous difficulties, such as spelling Nebblepredder on the telephone, tumbled endlessly about their heads. Despite credible acting, the squabblings of so many nettled Nebblepredders were slightly sedative. No medals for the Nebblepredders...
National politics, except in the months of Presidential campaigns, seldom makes any dent upon Harvard undergraduate life. Even in the fall of 1924, the student's participation in the campaign consisted more in torchlight processions and belligerent and meaningless statements to the press that in cool consideration of the issues involved. One debate at the Union was the only serous event which brought any large attendance, and a number of speeches at the Liberal Club completed the educational side of the campaign...