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...probably a good deal more than that. Although he was born in Alexandria of Greek and Russian parentage, he is a French citizen, living for a good part of each year in a magnificent chateau outside Paris. His French citizenship, however, does not deter him from accepting and using a British title. His apparent business is Continental sales agent for Vickers and other large munitions factories in Britain; beneath and beyond this no man knows the limit of his influence. He is also a great philanthropist, having established large numbers of orphanages throughout Europe...
...useful work. To seek an education with a fairly definite idea as to what the world needs, even though the world is willing to pay well for it, harmonizes perfectly with a social purpose. The fact that you will be well paid for your work need not deter you, provided the work is useful...
...This long term of office, coupled with the general unsettled condition and other issues brought on by the War developed a tremendous reaction. No issue and no candidate could have saved democracy from defeat. The people were impatient. They were ready to turn over in bed and nothing could deter them. Such a sweeping victory is inevitably followed by a reaction, and so this year there will undoubtedly be a reaction from the Republican's overwhelming victory of two years ago. The particular interest in this election is what that reaction will show as forecasting the Presidential election...
...believe, that society feels it has been wronged--the social consciousness revolts--and demands restitution. A modern example of this is the lynching parties of our Southern States. Certainly the Anglo-Saxon "hue and cry" was the result of a society demanding retribution rather than one seeking to deter others...
...Board of the University has voted to raise the tuition fee for students in the Law School from $150 to $200. Hitherto the Faculty of Law has felt that to raise the tuition fee of the school to the level at which it now stands in the College would deter from attending the school some men who should have an opportunity...