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Washington newshawks, endlessly questing for a third-term clue, asked Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes what he might be doing next year. He snorted: "I may have to insert a want ad in a newspaper: Position wanted; shopworn, overworked, tired old man who has received more brickbats than any other in public life...
Last week Thorkelson, who seldom speaks from the floor, but likes to insert his ideas in the Record, was threatened with the loss of a member's last, least privilege: the right to make such insertions. Under such threats from Colorado's Martin, Connecticut's Miller, he "withdrew" the letter, which had been in the hands of the 50,000 Record readers for eight days. The Butte doctor said he had had the "Col. House" letter printed to find out whether it was true, then reverted to his regular theme, told reporters...
...Oeuvre became a daily in 1915 have been that Left-Liberal Paris newspaper's manchettes. In French newspaper makeup, the manchette (literally, cuff; in U. S. parlance, the ears) is the space next to the paper's name in which its more-or-less reverent editors insert (instead of the weather forecast or NIGHT EDITION ***** ) thoughts for the day, mots on the news, quotations from the philosophers. During the War, L'Oeuvre's, editors became so clever at making horrid cracks at the Government through outwardly innocent references to the weather or some theatrical success that...
Young Dr. Alvin Edward Strock of Boston's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital has long furrowed his brow over this front-tooth problem. The simplest procedure, he thought, would be to insert a peg in the socket of the extracted tooth, then cement a false tooth to the protruding end of the peg. But he never dared to do it, for he knew metal pegs might induce mouth irritation. Two years ago Dr. Strock decided to try the new alloy, vitallium. Vitallium is the most satisfactory metal doctors use for patching fractures. Fortnight ago, in the American Journal of Orthodontics...
...scores in that number three doubles match were 10-8; 9-7, and that just about represents the difference between the two squads. When the Crimson are able to insert a bit more punch in the tail end of their lineup, they ought to win against top-flight competition...