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After the close eighth ballot and an almost equally close ninth, Mr. Bruce had apparently averted the greatest danger. The insurgents began experimenting with various progressive candidates. Mr. Couzens gained favor and secured the votes of Borah, Gooding, Norbeck, Jones. Mr. Cummins also voted (for the first time) for Mr. Couzens, the object being to prevent a sudden shift of the insurgents from naming Smith. With a fifth day of balloting in sight the 'deadlock continued...
Deprived of the distinction that goes with titles of nobility, the inhabitants of republics take avidly to the distinction which comes of establishing records and precedents. We have the man who has eaten the greatest number of peanuts, and the man who has eaten the greatest number of salted peanuts, and the man who has eaten the greatest number of peanuts and salted almonds mixed. Similarly we have a large crop of "first women"-the first woman street car conductor, the first woman iceman, the first woman judge...
...Senate: "The most important event which has occurred in the world to strengthen the vote of the French Chamber in 1919, giving to women the right to vote, took place in 1920, when woman's right to the suffrage became an integral part of the Constitution of the greatest democracy in the world, the United States. . . The 36th State necessary for amendment of the American Constitution was Tennessee, which ratified woman suffrage on Sept. 18, 1920. The vote was immediately certified by Secretary of State Colby, who declared that the 19th Amendment was now a part of the American Constitution...
...campaign by cable. Mr. Davies is now a member of the London County Council, president of two London Trust Companies, and an executive of a score or more British organizations connected with modern developments, ranging from garden cities to dramatic leagues. He was formerly general manager of the greatest corporation of investment bankers in Great Britian. Despite this sort of background, he is a distinguished member of the band of intellectuals who are contributing the spirit and the intelligence of the Labor Party's policy...
Among humorous college magazines, the Lampoon is a kind of phoenix. The others seldom show so distinctly the spirit of the places that they represent. Most of them try too hard to compete with the professional funny magazines, and win their greatest glory in being occasionally quoted for the kind of jests that suit the newspapers; and most of them bristle with aculeate personalities, funny only to those in the know. The Lampoon has reason to be proud of the ease, decency, and geniality with which it reflects the spirit of the College. To have these qualities without being obscure...