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...those new rules against all night parking are really bothering you," Budd volunteered, "don't bicker words with the authorities. Just put some plauks up the staircases of your Houses and drive the cars into your rooms at night; then the students can go stand in the gutter or about the campus and nothing can be done about...
...prepared as any young men in the world, but you have led protected lives," Mr. Adams continued. "You haven't been tested by the real difficulties that the world offers. No, you've got to learn self-control. It is the armor which protects you from landing in the gutter of failure. The world that you have to face is a pretty dark one. Men enter with serious determination and singleness of purpose. You have got to find your way on. Here, you have the opportunity to gather strength to meet that battle. Today, as always, success depends upon...
...Gutter to Grave...
...blandishments of the "pretty waiter girls," aphrodisiac in his drink, tobacco juice in his whisky, a pinch of snuff in his beer, without succumbing to one thing or another, there was always a bouncer in a dark hallway to knock him down, pick his pockets, roll him into the gutter...
Unseen by the Senate judges last week was a grey-haired oldster of San Francisco whose testimony the House managers claimed was vital to the prosecution. His name was W. S. ("Sam") Leake. Before liquor sent him reeling into the gutter, he used to be managing editor of the old San Francisco Morning Call. Later he turned religious, stopped drinking, became a faith healer (his phrase: "metaphysical student"). His "treatments" consisted of instruction in "right thinking." His patients paid him as they chose. No fool, "Sam" Leake knew many an important San Franciscan, including Senator Shortridge whose son & wife...