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...African Government which had asked him to modify his stand, and to other Dominions which advised him against tampering with the oath, Mr. de Valera was equally firm. Irish wits had to point out that the Free State Constitution has already been amended 17 times, roguishly referred to "our Eighteenth Amendment...
...voted against the Eighteenth Amendment, but since it was tacked on to the Constitution, he has voted consistently in favor of enforcing that provision, as long as it remains there...
...Baker's opposition to the Eighteenth Amendment and his support of the resubmission of the prohibition question to the states was made clear in an independent report delivered as a member of the Wickersham commission. No true believer in democracy could hod otherwise that the law to be valid and effective must rest on general consent and if that consent be wanting in large and populous sections the law must be changed...
...second half-year he is giving three advanced courses at Harvard in History 68, the History of British Foreign Policy since 1814; 29. Topics in Modern European History; and 20d, History of Europe and of Asia in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. History 44, the Reconstruction of Europe Alliance From 1813 to 1823, has been omitted this year...
There are some ninety pages of text setting forth the principles of the new style, and eighty photographs of contemporary architecture which serve the purpose of references from the text and of showing good examples of the International Style, "the only genuine architectural style since the Eighteenth century." Most books on modern architecture so far have been great compendia of a galaxy of new architectural creations all over the world, but this well printed, attractive volume serves the confused average reader by a critical selection and by its demonstration of constructive principles. This is no place for a discussion...