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...hands of Conservatives. Though Lord Byng acted within his legal rights, custom virtually obligated him to follow the original "advice" of Premier King. Unquestionably the efforts of Mr. King during the past five years to free Canada from every vestige of dependence upon Britain have been remarked with disfavor in Downing Street, and at Buckingham Palace. Per contra, Premier Meighen is a staunch Imperialist. Lord Byng, it is apparent, cut Canada's Gordian Knot on a distinctly Imperial bias...
...Duce's disfavor-has almost the German genius for obscurity in his metaphysical philosophy of the spirit. He is at his best in esthetics, urging on the world the worship of beauty...
...Omniscient Dr. Thwing "happens to know" that Cecil Rhodes, when he founded the Rhodes scholarships at Oxford 23 years ago, viewed with disfavor scholarships at U.S. universities for British students. It is said that a prime motive actuating his founding of the Rhodes scholarships was a desire to express his gratitude and admiration for the U.S. engineer who was so instrumental in helping him make fortunes in South African gold? Mr John Hays Hammond. The latter, now retired, has developed a lively interest in education; last week he addressed "all June graduates" by radio. His subject: "Success." **THE COLLEGE PRESIDENT?...
...days of stiff cross-examination he said little to give comfort to the Wets, and it was supposed that, this time at any rate, he had escaped the disfavor of the Dry high priests...
...vast majority of the House Democrats and Republicans disfavor reapportionment? Briefly, for as many different local reasons as there were Congressmen against the bill. Two typical reasons...