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Sitting at home beside his radio the eager, beardless young general heard Mexico's well-drilled Congress unanimously elect him Provisional President to fill out the term expiring Nov. 30, 1934. An hour prior General Calles had thoughtfully sent over to his young favorite the emblem of Presidential power in Mexico: the Grand Cordon of green, white and red ribbon embellished with the Eagle grasping the Snake...
...pilots entered in the meet, 29 qualified for the first time, by making five-minute flights, for the three-gull emblem denoting the soaring pilot. While all motorless flight is technically gliding, there is a popular distinction between gliding and soaring. Gliding is simple descent, like coasting, from an altitude achieved by climbing a hill or being towed kite-wise into the air by an automobile or airplane. Soaring is sustained or climbing flight by use of up-currents in the air. Except for instruction there is small interest in gliding. But soaring appeals to its following as an exalted...
...flag's blue field was not shown; there was no other color in the picture. But the force of the cartoon was immeasurably increased by its red blotches. A patriotic eye could even imagine that the U. S. stripes were less Red than the solid emblem of Communism...
...Majesty is precisely the fly in the Irish unguent of freedom. King George may seem a mere emblem to the English, to the Canadians and even...
American women who curtsey three times at Court. Yet in at least half the hearts in Ireland burns a fierce hatred of the Emblem of Monarchy. To uphold this mere emblem Canadian Premier Bennett has not had to use bullets; but Irish President Cosgrave has, by due process of law. Every year of the past decade batches of Irishmen who wanted a republic badly enough to fight for it have been shot. Spattering lead creates the practical difference between Canadian "dominion status" and Irish, for there is no legal difference...