Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Workers party is not to be confused with the Socialist party, whose candidate is fair-haired Norman Thomas, Princeton graduate, one-time minister. The Socialist platform is virtually identical with the Communist platform except for the revolutionary plank. Because Socialists do not favor overthrowing the existing government, Communists lump Socialists with Democrats and Republicans as "tools of Capital...
...accessories. In its rear it had something that looked like an exaggerated exhaust pipe. This, explained Herr von Opel, was a chamber for the explosion of rockets, the car's only means of locomotion. The other feature was a pair of little wings like an airplane's, except that their pitch was inverted. These, said Herr von Opel, were not to make the car fly, but to prevent it from flying. The car would go so fast he said that it needed air pressure to clamp it to earth...
...meeting was without incident?the same directors having been unanimously reelected, except that E. D. Stair was elected a director in the place of Alvin W. Krech, deceased...
...most aristocratic. He is a friend of the Prince of Wales and often plays with him. Last week Roger Wethered got to the finals of the British Amateur at Prestwick, Scotland, and found that he had to play against someone named Perkins. Nothing was known about Perkins except that he was 24 years old and that his initials were T. P. Some people pointed out that Perkins is traditionally a butler's name; others took Mr. Wethered's opponent for an American because he belted his trousers over his sweater. A big crowd came down from London...
...Yale runs came in the second frame, on two hits, three walks, three errors, and a hit batter. The last four innings of the game were slow and listless, except for the two Eli double plays. HARVARD FRESHMEN a.b. r. h. p.o. a. e. Basseff, c.f. 4 1 0 2 0 0 Gilmor, r.f. 2 1 2 1 0 0 Sims, r.f. 0 0 0 0 0 0 McGrath, s.s. 2 2 1 3 1 0 DesRoches, 2b. 3 2 1 0 3 0 Samborski, 1b. 4 1 1 10 0 1 Ticknor...