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...Papal Nuncio at Munich, went to Berlin and had a series of consultations with Chancellor Cuno with the result that the German Government semi-officially discountenanced sabotage. The Nuncios at Paris and Brussels were requested to urge that nothing be done by the French and Belgian Governments likely to hinder an eventual understanding with Germany...
...like nearly all good topical stuff, lost much of its sting with the passage of the slang and catchwords of its day. The plot (mistaken identities) was, of course, a hardy perennial even before Shakespeare- and there are few " familiar quotations " in the Comedy of Errors to help or hinder the audience into a feeling that they are being educated instead of amused. But the misadventures of the various Antipholuses and Dromios-played with speed and nonchalance wherever possible, as the Ethiopian players did it-can still entertain those not too acutely conscious of " The Possible Future of the Drama...
...unless to quarrel with Mr. Cowley's eccentricities of capitalization and punctuation; for, after all, these things are only a convention, and of importance only as they help or hinder the expression of the poetic idea. But their danger is more obvious in other of Mr. Cowley's poems, where a desperate effort to be "modern" at any cost takes heavy toll from his sense of beauty. The evil effect of this strained modernism, this pursuit of superficial novelty as an end in itself, is of course more operative in all the arts today,--though there are at least...
...road contended that Schleifer had advocated violence to cripple motive power and rolling stock of the company to hinder traffic for the Harvard-Yale football game. The road also indicated that it believes the system federation in New Haven had violated an injunction issued by the Federal Court in Chicago some months ago, in permitting Schleifer to speak...
...State constabulary will be patrolling the roads. There is in Massachusetts no special speed limit, but violations of laws relating to racing, dangerous speeding, recklessness, and operating a vehicle while under the influence of liquor, will be summarily dealt with. The purpose of this careful patrol is not to hinder traffic, but to keep it moving as quickly and safely as possible...