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...same time he made it plain that his ominous farewell Sunday night to friends at Warm Springs, Ga.--"I'll be back in the fall, if we don't have a war"--constituted an indirect warning to dictators that they must reckon with this nation's moral, if not physical force in any war they may wage against the democracies...
...indirect consequences of the dance craze launched by the Castles was the Charleston, which broke out in 1925. One of the consequences of the Charleston was a series of Charleston contests which raged in all U. S. cities in 1925 and 1926. These Charleston contests bred Hollywood stars (Joan Crawford, Carole Lombard) as swamps breed mosquitoes. When little Ginger Rogers won a State Charleston contest in Dallas in November 1925, her destiny was settled...
...peak at 3% each on employes and employers in 1949. To even matters up he took another suggestion of the Advisory Council, advised that at some future date the U. S. Government should share the burden with employers and employes; that is, meet part of the expense by indirect rather than direct taxes on prospective beneficiaries...
...border guard was doubled, border roads and bridges were mined and anti-aircraft guns were in position in Basel, Zurich and other big cities. To allay popular fears the Swiss Federal Council appealed for calm, issued a statement that "rumors concerning an immediate menace to Switzerland, whether direct or indirect, are without foundation...
...sincere and genuine encouragement given to extra-curricular activities and sports in the part of President Conant's report relating to the College is indeed a welcome word. The President has been generally thought of as little concerned with any sort of academic affair not at least indirectly tied up with "studies." His support for concentration conferences and House discussion groups was rather to be expected as in the indirect study line, but the boost for outside initiative and the declaration that "no one need fear overemphasis on studies" should serve to dispel the unfortunate and disagreeable shadow which...