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Last week French and Belgian poilus sloped arms and marched off with the first flush of dawn from several important points. The inhabitants, finding alien troops conspicuous by their absence, grew wildly jubilant. Many steins of beer were consumed in celebration...
...oracle on games of chance, furnishes convincing statistics. If you play poker, you may recognize yourself. If you cannot bear the game, it is at least valuable to know that there are 2,598,960 poker hands to an honest 52-card deck; that a royal straight flush can occur but once in 649,746 hands; that the parent stem of Poker is that ancient Persian pastime, As Nas. With the book come rules, advice against Greeks*, a set of chips...
...seat behind his desk which was decorated by flowers presented by admiring Fascisti, head on hand, watching the progress of the fray. Not a muscle moved in his tense body, not a smile parted his compressed lips, not a twinkle appeared in his staring eyes, not a flush suffused his pale face...
...high, was almost shrill. As he warmed to his speech (see Page 5) he spoke more rapidly. He pointed an accusing forefinger at the Senators grouped on the Republican side of the Chamber. He paced up and down and gesticulated fiercely. As his remarks became more pointed, a slight flush, as if of embarrassment, appeared on the face of the President. Secretary Hughes grinned. Chief Justice Taft looked puzzled. The Cabinet and Supreme Court appeared amused. The galleries tittered, then laughed outright. The Representatives took it in good part. Only the Senators were glum. Senator Reed of Missouri stifled...
...industry is slated for interesting developments in 1925, despite the fact that last year saw the most stabilized situation in oil for many years. For the first time since 1906, domestic crude production failed to exceed that of the preceding year−mainly the result of the decline in flush California output by 32,812,000 barrels from the total established in 1923. Crude oil storage increased 19,000,000 barrels, against 79,578,000 in 1923 and 79,000,000 in 1922. Meanwhile, the record of annual demand for petroleum products was again broken last year...