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Eyes & Ears. Throughout the Philippines, millions of little brown and yellow men thought that this tall, tanned visitor from across the sea held in the hollow of his hand their political destiny. All summer long their politicos had whipped up their excitement and expectation about independence from the U. S. They had been told that if they only stood together they would soon be free. They had marched until their feet ached. The)' had cheered until they were hoarse. They had listened to harangues until their ears rang. They had been inspected by junketing U. S. Senators and Representatives...
Near the convention stood the base of what Coin Harvey hopes some day will be his "pyramid to posterity"-an 85-ft. shaft above a hollow concrete block. Inside this chamber he proposes to deposit and seal up records and relics of the 20th Century, its literature and laws, its homely articles, its great machinery in miniature, to be opened aeons hence by archeologists searching for traces of a civilization which, Philosopher Harvey fears, will soon be lost...
...long, 2½ ft. wide. The frame is filled with a tapered rubber bladder topped at the centre with a boot-like rubber cylinder. The walker's foot and leg fit into the cylinder up to the hip. Fastened to the underside of the frame are two hollow cones. The broad hollow ends are directed backward and provide sufficient hydrodynamic resistance to keep the skis from sliding backward between steps. The water-walker must exert much effort to keep his legs from going apart and from under...
...before prosperity can return. He has said that tariffs, and the U. S. tariff in particular, are too high (TIME, Jan. 19 et seq.). Here were delegates from ten countries saying the same thing again under his chairmanship. The mystery was how Al Wiggin persuaded France's delegate, hollow-eyed, white-haired Emile Moreau, to sign the report without public protest. It is definitely known that while the report was being prepared Banker Moreau banged the table in his best French manner and swore that he would return to Paris immediately if the question of Reparations was brought...
...Cowes Week, Great Britain's chief yachting fixture. The regatta started with tragedy. Just before the first race the Britannia, King George's 38-year-old cutter journeyed for position by the starting buoy off Calshot Head, proud of her new Marconi rig with its towering hollow mast. King George was aboard, snugly dressed and eager for the day's sport. A squall struck the Britannia's vast mainsail. She heeled over and nosed into a grey comber. Right before King George's eyes the wash swept Second Mate Ernest Friend overboard. Sailors threw...