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...advantage and promptly exploded. California's Johnson leaped to his feet in hot protest. Why, there weren't even printed copies of the President's order for Senators! Wisconsin's La Follette and Idaho's Borah, who never want to go home, joined the fray. Pennsylvania's Reed called the President's action a "contemptuous gesture." Shouted Missouri's Clark: "Why is June 10, this day, sacred for adjournment?" Retorted Senator Borah: "Because the World Economic Conference begins on Monday." Starting a filibuster, Louisiana's Long strutted the floor: "There...
Wclwitschia mirabilis, a curious turnip-like southwest African gymnosperm, has two strap-shaped leaves, i ft. wide or more, 10 ft. long before they begin to fray at the ends...
...thwart every effort of the Widow to spot exam questions. The result has been that at times the examination develops into a keen battle of wits between the Widow on one hand, and the professor on the other. With two such old and experienced antagonists in the fray, the student, and especially one direct from preparatory school, stands little chance of making any kind of a showing. He can, as it were, only look on, and occasionally applaud when the Widow draws blood...
...chances of having the big center unable to go into the Dartmouth game. However, it should be an excellent experience and good practice for his substitute, Casey, to play through most of the game, as the pivot reserves are weak. Gleason is also definitely out of tomorrow's fray, while Bennett and Whipple are not expected to be in shape for the next two weeks...
...shares of its own stock at allegedly excessive prices. Some of the stock was purchased from a pool operated by several of the directors. Since then each director except the late King Camp Gillette has returned his profits to the company. With best Boston legal talent engaged in the fray, the suit dragged on for two years. Last month the court approved a settlement by which the directors agreed to pay the company $525,000 in cash and notes. Last week Judge William M. Prest found that the plaintiffs' counsel were entitled to $307,880 more for legal fees...