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...interrupted by continual catcalls, but the pictures were taken and Boston and New York newspapers carried glowing descriptions of the uprising. A rainy and cold day chilled the enthusiasm of the rebels the following day, but warm weather soon burst forth once more and the rebel forces again gained headway. As a matter of fact they gained headway to such an extent that in all probability "shorts" will be worn by Dartmouth men every spring from now until the time when some wise fool comes to the front with another revolutionizing custom...
Behind this neutrality, however, were evident signs that President Hoover was giving more thought to Prohibition than at any time since entering office. His friends said he seemed to realize that he was making little or no headway in diverting public attention from the liquor issue. Many an observer guessed that he was simply awaiting the report of the National Law Enforcement Commission as a basis for revision (if any) of his policy. Though he opposes repeal of the 18th Amendment, his public record is not so Dry as to exclude every form of modification. He is still, insist...
...Significance. For ten years Dry majorities in Congress have been discouragingly large to Wets who could seem to make no appreciable headway in reducing them. This year, for the first time in a decade. Wets have made sufficient gain in the primaries, with more in prospect in the election, to feel that a turning tide of public sentiment is at last in their favor. Well aware are they cf the fact that their muster roll in the 72nd Congress will by no means be large enough to effect any sort of major change in Prohibition policy. But the eyes...
Quarrels over esthetic values in art are older than Aristotle. Almost as old are squabbles between artists and dealers over monetary values-prices, commissions. Much headway may never be made in deciding relative esthetics, but last week was taken a notable step towards settling artistic money wrangles...
Senator Allen was away from Kansas at the time, touring the globe as professor of journalism with the University Afloat (TIME, Sept. 27, 1926 et seq). He got word in Berlin of the Murdocks' coup. He rushed home, tried to fight the Eagle with its own weapons, made no headway. In the spring of 1928 came the Levands, reputedly through the efforts of a wealthy Wichitan whom the Murdocks' Eagle had offended...