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...arrival of the seasonal Summer dullness in trade, superimposed upon a period of trade and manufacturing depression, has resulted in dull and inert commercial conditions. The political Conventions have meanwhile served to distract attention from business affairs, and with the prospect of unsettled conditions in politics for the next four months, there is a tendency toward watchful waiting all along the line from producer to consumer. Wall Street, however, after several months of an uninteresting experience with meaninglessly see-sawing prices, is now getting the old-fashioned thrill that only a sudden decline in interest rates can give. Bonds...
Alexander Woollcott: "Elsie Ferguson never seemed lovelier . . . She never played better in her life Mr. Blackmer's solemn and largely inert performance gave only infrequent evidence that he had caught the sense of this fine comedy or, if he had, that he could express...
...well-known "Cap and gown" agitation pokes its nose through the frozen ground about this time of every year, and promptly retires, to prolong its hibernation until the last possible moment. The agitation is due to the worthy but usually unsuccessful effort of the Class Committee to get an inert and rebellious Senior Class properly begowned and be-capped at least soon enough for the Class picture...
...developed the process of manufacture and had a considerable quantity in storage for shipment to the front. All the helium now being produced is utilized by the Army and Navy. Other sources are known to the Government, their location being kept secret. Helium is an inert gas of great light ness and non-inflammability, present in the air in minute quantity. Airships inflated with hydrogen or other gases are subject to the danger of being exploded by anti-aircraft guns or engine accidents; helium is immune to such catastrophes. Helium was first dis covered, in 1868, by Sir J. Norman...
...system without referring the question to it. The preferential tariffs agreed upon, by the Imperial Conference render necessary a fiscal change if they are to be passed by Parliament. Therefore elections must be held. Another reason is that much dissatisfaction has been evinced in some political quarters over the inert foreign policy of the Government...