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...Princess might have anticipated, Octavian found the young Sophie more alluring than herself, and immediately set about detaching Sophie's affection from the fat and lecherous Ochs. This was done in an instant, and it was next necessary for the count to employ strategies in order to prevent the degrading marriage which Ochs intended. There was room at the inn to which Ochs abducted the maid (Octavian), whom he had ogled in the boudoir of the Princess. Octavian played tricks on Ochs. The police, Sophie's father, the Princess arrived, but none of them stayed the course of young love...
...will have no indispensable men in my employ...
...various shapes may have held sway, it will doubtless seem strange, and at first unpleasant, that at Harvard all tests above the rank of "section quizzes" are supervised by proctors appointed by the College Office. Their duties are two-fold; not only to see that students do not employ dishonest methods but also to distribute blue books and papers, collect them at the close of the period, sort and check them, and in general take charge of the conduct of the examination. They are not present, however, to answer queries as to the interpretation of questions; the instructor in charge...
...language requirements at Harvard mean that all Harvard Seniors have a workable knowledge of one language and an elementary smattering of another? Their second question might well take the following form: Of what particular use is a smattering of one language to a Harvard Senior? Could he not better employ his time improving his knowledge of the first tongue he professes to knew? Such questions of course will not prevent many Freshmen today from proving their reading knowledge of French who never could nor ever will be able to read French, readily, nor will they save many others from wasting...
...paid to venal "runners" or "workers" on Election Day to fetch their relatives to vote. Estimating that there are 150,000 precincts in the U. S., each averaging 400 voters of whom perhaps two-thirds vote, Mr. Kent reckons that that party wins which has the money to employ ten "runners" per precinct at $5 or $10 for the day. Each "runner" fetches about ten votes, or 100 per precinct. The cost between 7½ and 15 million dollars for all 150,000 precincts, is recorded locally as "current expenses" or is never recorded...