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...cabs of real locomotives whenever he can. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R. R. frequently borrows Mr. Cronkhite's equipment for its displays at fairs. The national association got under way three years ago, pushed by groups of Detroit modelers who believed that such an organization would impel manufacturers to a helpful standardization of parts. This turned out to be the case. Much progress was made last year...
...reasons which impel me to vote for President Roosevelt's reelection are three: the man himself, his record in office, and his general social and political philosophy. I shall here limit myself to the first...
...faith. This assembly honors a vision three centuries old and in so doing reaffirms an intent of perpetuating an ideal. A hundred years ago President Quincy, writing of the founding of Harvard, used these words: "On recurring to the origin of this seminary, our first feelings impel us to wonder and admire." From such admiration grow the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary; with no less reverential feeling the sons of Harvard have once again met here to mark the turn of another century...
Briefly Senator Tydings explained: "One reason why the option is proposed to be given to the people of Puerto Rico is that it is in line with present-day American policy. . . . There are other reasons, however, which impel the introduction of the measure at this time. First of all, the chief of police was recently assassinated in Puerto Rico. The conduct of trials in Puerto Rico has been the subject of some criticism not only outside of the island but in the island as well...
...have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation...