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...burdens. I would shift $500,000,000 from the shoulders of those least able to bear it and place it where the burden could be better sustained. ... In any bill I write, the principles will be economically sound. I will never do anything to impair the right of property. I am a property owner myself and I believe in respecting that right...
...thrills, like those of a roller-coaster, generally bring up short with a laugh, no one is the worse for it. Even the announced intention of the mysterious Mr. Morrison at the outset to prove that all spiritualism is the work of human hands does not impair the goose-fleshy qualities of Bleeker Hall. The fact that the audience is on the stage from the start, that there is none of the uncomfortable five minutes usually spent in backing and filling until the craft gets under weigh, is evidence enough of "Listening In's" skillful workmanship...
...series has been larger than ever before. Although the severity of the injuries suffered, and especially the danger to life, have been materially diminished by the changes in the rules made a dozen years ago, football remains a rough and strenuous sport in which injuries are often received that impair the efficiency of the players for a couple of weeks, or more...
...only right, then, that members of General Foch's party should have feared that the strenuous schedule of activities he has been following would seriously impair his health. When we hear that he has spent only four nights since his arrival in any other lodging than a Pullman car, we do not blame them for being anxious lest his preliminary activities tire him to the extent of making his attendance at the Conference unwise, if not impossible. We rejoice, therefore, to hear that the General shows few signs of strain, and has gained ten pounds since he landed in this...
...limitation of armaments is important, but it is not decisive as an agency of peace. National armament is the creature of national policy. If a nation cherishes policies which impair the freedom and prevent the development of other nations, it is bound to arm in self-protection against the resentment and the fear of other nations. It may agree temporarily to limit its armament, provided those who suffer from its aggression or are opposed to its pretensions agree to a similar limitation. But in that event disarmament is an advantage to the aggressor. It frees his hand. The helplessness...