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Recently in Chicago a truck crushed the same Peter Grimes's mended leg. The surgeon who attended him was Dr. Jerger, now practicing in Chicago. As Dr. Jerger amputated Peter Grimes's leg, he thrilled on recognizing the signature of his old handiwork. Later, when he learned that Peter Grimes had received $20,000 for his latest accident, he was piqued. Last week he sued Peter Grimes...
...coloured blocks. They utilized these blocks as all children do--that is to say, they placed some on top of others and some next to others. Once they had all the blocks erected into a magnificently lofty column. For a moment they stood aside and admired their handiwork, and then Johnnie said impatiently, "Oh, let's knock it down! I don't like it. I want another pile." So, with mirthful glee they destroyed their tower and built another...
...larger hand in creating the Federal Reserve Board with its twelve district banks than little, sharp-beaked Congressman Carter Glass of Virginia. Today Senator Carter Glass heads the sub-committee conducting this broad inquiry. Rarely is it thus given to a member of Congress to review his legislative handiwork after 17 years...
When the committee, headed by Chair-man Borah, finally strolled in and sat about the table, Jurist Root began a three-hour exposition of his handiwork. Reviewing the World Court's history and its relation to the council of the League of Nations, he detailed his objections to the Senate's rigid reservation against the Court's rendering an advisory opinion on any question in which the U. S. has or claims to have an interest. Under the Root formula, views are to be exchanged first between the U. S. and the Court on the question...
...everybody knows, is called humanism. This creed has become widely popular lately; the front pages of the newspapers have advertised the worship of its more spectacular disciples. But Mr. Babbitt has his own peculiar brand of humanism, and his writings and lectures all declare its glory and publish its handiwork...