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...they did not heed the ten commandments, till they met their Master in disgrace...
...other stockholders of the roads, particularly of the "Katy" began opposing the merger. The I. C. C. gave heed. Recently the Commission ordered Mr. Loree to quit the Katy chairmanship. Last week it commanded him to resign his directorship. Reasons: His dual directorship was not in the public or private interests; it tended to nullify competitive activities of the two roads...
Chairman Raskob gave heed to the heart of B. F. Yoakum's long letter: "The Democrats can present a marketing plan that is sound, practical and would be profitable to the farmers of the entire country, but they cannot do it by picking up the discarded remnants of the McNary-Haugen bill and following the false prophets of that discarded and exploded theory. They don't hold the farm vote in their pockets. They can't deliver it and any one who thinks they can will be deceived...
Callous critics have tried to detect the underlying principles and sublime morals in the function. It was for just such as these that Mark Twain prescribed shooting for those that sought a moral in Huckleberry Finn. But no one need heed these defilers of the Freshman's pleasure. Whether it represents the climax of the first year, the matriculation into full-fledged Sophomores, or any of many other symbols, no one very much cares. But everyone will at least agree that the Standish back-yard (or smith Common room, as the Fates decide) has never been graced with more delightful...
...post as Ministress to Norway especially to attend Queen Thuraya. Their conversation was presumably "advanced," for Mme. Kollontai is an avowed, die-hard exponent of free love, while Her Majesty, a tireless educator, is easily the most emancipated woman in backward Afghanistan. Both these sagacious ladies paid small heed to President Kalinin, whom ignorant peasants affectionately call the "Little Father," as they once did the Tsar. The Queen and the Ministress know that Comrade Kalinin is but a willing and placid figurehead, who serves to mask the activities of seclusive Soviet Dictator Josef Stalin. Characteristically the seldom-or-never-seen...