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...been arranged for the visiting runners, who chose the Harvard track as the one they wished to compete on. Eight running events and four field events have been scheduled and the feature of the day will be an attempt for a world record by Becalli in the 1500-metre grind...
...Book of Genesis." Later he is convinced that "The recovery isn't following the program; the program is following the recovery." Speaking in his own right, however, Author Kent is the fairest as well as the most deadly journalistic critic of the Administration. He has no ax to grind, never hits below the belt. He does not like government regulation; his heart is with the small taxpayer and the Maryland Free State. In short, he is a sound Jeffersonian of pre-Civil War vintage. Critics may point out that, however lovely in contemplation, true Jeffersonianism has not played a vital...
...literary light, do it well. While G. K. Chesterton may have said. "What's worth doing, is worth doing poorly," you are more of a person if you are skilled along some line. In accomplishing this, do not forget that the national student leaguer, the final-clubman, and the grind all have their points...
James Thurber, whom FORTUNE describes as follows: "Thurber is madder than White. His prose is more vital, has an earthy quality refreshing in The New Yorker. Born in Columbus (39 years ago) he graduated from Ohio State University. There he is remembered as a long, lean, funny-looking grind who sat around the library all day with his hair hanging in his eyes...
...world. But he got no rest on his hard-won laurels. He was over 70 when for the last time he led an army against the French. Outnumbered four to one, he maneuvered skilfully, fought no decisive action. Tired almost to death, he went back to the daily political grind in Vienna. One morning his servant found him with his boots off at last...