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...danger that a well propagandized new Calif would become the focus of troublesome "holy wars" might well cause the following Great Powers to "take steps": Great Britain, if the "Green Mantle of the Prophet" should descend upon King Fuad of Egypt, King Feisal of Irak or the Aga Kahn; Italy, if Sheik Achmet of the Senussites should receive the "Sacred Sword" and begin swishing it near Italian Tripoli; France, if the "Holy Standard" (the third emblem of the Calif) should be unfurled in the Riff by Abd-El-Krim, or by one of the Sultans in the vicinity of Syria...
...Tailless mice, upon which, as a race, there periodically comes an urge to descend to the sea and drown by the million...
...these holy precincts is a nun. The way of the spirit is no longer attractive to her and she sets her feet in the ways of the world, shedding her sacred garments and going forth with a gay knight. Then does the Blessed Virgin descend from her high place, don the robes of the nun and take the nun's place in the convent. Then the people weep and cry out, for their sacred image has been lost...
...airplane will fly forward or backward. . . . If the power fails, its wings act as a parachute and enable it to descend in safety to the ground. . . . I have labored seven years, with only the capital which my wife and I could save. . . . She helped by working as a schoolteacher. . . . Now I think that M. Painlevé will help me with my great invention...
Every year while boardwalks and the cold of approaching winter descend upon the college there comes to life a pleasant tradition of the pre-holiday season--the Faculty Teas. This afternoon and on successive Friday afternoons in the Living Room of the Union the members of the various departments and their wives will meet whatever students appreciate this opportunity to mingle with their faculty in an informal, extra-curricular manner. A chance is thus given for both to know each other better than continuous weeks in classroom or lecture can allow. Indeed, friendships, often considered unattainable, have begun in this...