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...Wagner had a cause for civil action against the local manager if the fee were not paid as per contract. He could have demanded cash in advance or the filing of a bond for the payment of the fee. He did neither. Mr. Thomas' patrons suffered discomfort, inconvenience and perhaps financial loss through no fault of their own. Custom, in the forming of which the public has no voice, cannot absolve the artist nor his manager from responsibility...
Deep in the Central American bush, a rebel leader put forth the credo of El Chipote: "Death is but a moment of discomfort, not to be taken seriously." El Chipete, Nicaraguan slang for "tough guy", was the name of a mountain stronghold and the description of its dauntless commander, General Cesar Augusto Sandino. Bearing the names of emperors of old, and living in the region of the Mayan empire of fabulous wealth, he became the arch-enemy of modern imperialism...
...ruled his men with an iron hand, who married to the music of gunfire, who rallied his followers to the cause of Nicaraguan independence, was more than a more jungle bandit--he was the personification of revolt against American imperialism. Death to sandino was but a moment of discomfort, not to be taken seriously. His all-consuming passion was liberty...
...MacCracken bringing her husband a pair of pajamas. Mr. Jurney snores. Therefore he and his wife have to occupy separate bed rooms and it was at some discomfort that they managed to put up Mr. MacCracken for the night. Next day Mr. Jurney asked Mr. MacCracken if he would like to take a ride to the Senate Office Building. They drove to the Capitol together, met Mr. Leslie Garnett, U. S. District Attorney to whom Mr. Jurney introduced Mr. Mac-Cracken. Under cover of this distraction, the Sergeant at Arms slipped into Mr. Garnett's automobile and escaped from...
...feel that Mr. Chase has probably taken a more clear cut stand than he really meant to take. In order to make perfectly clear the nature of the discomfort of mind he felt over the President's report, he has placed upon the report the most unfavorable construction possible. For the purpose of his own argument he assumes practically that when the President, says scholar he means clerk. This seems to me somewhat ungrounded. We all know the types in question. We have at Harvard some real scholars and teachers, whom we all recognize and admire. In the graduate school...