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...Coal and Iron Corporation), who had been two of the chief negotiators in: previous years, were holding back. He said that the conference so far meant nothing because of their absence and in effect threatened to break off negotiations unless the operators would send their real champions into the fray...
Troops in war accoutrement from Halifax and Toronto arrived to guard the coalfields; but no move was made by them to check the rioters, whose activities spread to Sydney, the nearest large town. Women and children joined in the fray, numerous stores of the Corporation were completely emptied of their stocks, some were burned. Military reinforcement was expected...
Premier Mussolini sat in his 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...
...were in hot dispute when our friend (James Jenkins for short) came into the fray. I bade him read carefully the whole article and then tell us whether or not he thought it unbiased. All three of us voted for Calvin Coolidge last November. We awaited Jenkins' opinion somewhat avidly. PERKINS: "Well, do you call that unbiased?" JENKINS: "I do not." 1 : "Then I lose. You both agree that it is undignified." JENKINS: "Not undignified, but not unbiased, either. A blarney article. I'm after thinking it a lot of soft soap in eulogy of Coolidge...
...thrill of victory, and yet each gave way to another quite as stirring. To the wearers of the Crimson go the honorable laurels of a brave defeat; to the warriors in Blue the sincere congratulations which any true sportsman must extend to the victors of a hard-fought fray. Marking as it did Yale's tenth consecutive major sport victory over Harvard, the men of New Haven may well be proud of last night's achievement and of the athletes who have made possible such a record...