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...water. The other plane, on its fourth flight, scored a hit. The bomb was a 1,440-pound armor-piercing shell, but without explosive. It did not pierce the deck armor, although it might have done so from a greater height (indicating that her deck armor should be heavier...
...same way with shaving before an exam. You said the other day that you didn't hit English 28 very well; I'll bet a French franc to a Russian ruble you shaved that morning. Cut shaving, Bill; look at me: if I only had a little heavier growth and a less well-trained razor I'd be a Phi Beta...
...negative, like the verse of the mid-17th Century poets whose inspiration was the English countryside rather than England. The main current of prose sweeps with the sweep of the times; its movement is, if not heroic, at least large; whereas verse slides, rebellious and cunning, against that heavier tide, like an eddy coiling back from a cataract. To find fault with contemporary lyricists because they make no attempt to reproduce on their melodious halmas, their tinkling clavichords, the surge and thunder of the Odyssey is an error in criticism. They do not belong to the period the less...
...after the mere external existence of the Commonwealth had been assured through the downfall of Poincare's occupation policy, two internal issues have come to the front, taxation and tariff. The Socialists stand for direct taxation, that is, they believe the producers, rather than the consumers should bear the heavier burden. The Clericals and Democrats, who sided with the socialists while foreign questions were dominant, have naturally, though unfortunately, deserted them and sided with the parties of the right, who, like them, are composed chiefly of traders, industrialists and small capitalists...
...heavier football men were urged to try for the weight events and the others were recommended to try the running events. Several gridiron performers are already working out daily for the track team. Coach Farrell expects to develop some of these men into track point winners, and he guarantees to help all of them as far as their football ability is concerned...