Word: lowerings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dublin, correspondents and cinema-cameramen roosted throughout the week near the Dáil Eireann, obstreperous lower House of the Irish Free State Parliament. The hours fled breathlessly because a certain bland clause in the Free State Constitution provides that every Irish M. P. must take an oath of allegiance to King George-which has caused Eamonn de Valera and 38 other elected Republican deputies to absent themselves from the Dáil in protest. Last week they were expected to appear at any moment. Rumor had it that they would force their way into the Dáil without...
...James Marchant, Secretary of the National Council for the Promotion of Race-Regeneration, commented upon statistics released last week which showed the birth rate in England to have slumped to 18.8 per 1,000-lowest since the War, lower than that in France. "Had birth rate among the feeble-minded and criminal classes fallen, we should all have rejoiced, but the facts behind the figures are that the birth rate is falling among our better classes and skilled workmen...
...Union Squash tournament L. A. Weissman '26 reached the semi-final round of Class A by taking straight games from P. R. Pease '26. In the lower half of the draw E. D. Pratt '27 sprang a surprise with a 2--1 win over Lenhart, reaching the round before the semi-finals. He will meet Haskins in the next match. Rawlins will play J. L. Poole '28 for the second semi-final berth in the lower half. In class B of the Union tournament B. L. Brenner will play Horace Bowker Jr. '29 in the finals...
...fact is exactly this. The lower end of the intestine is of a size that requires emptying every six hours, but by habit we retain its contents 24 hours. The results, as I say, are ulcers and cancer. The products of intestinal toxemia are absorbed and we have filthy blood, and there are a host of resulting ailments. This poisoning causes enlargement of the pituitary gland, the thyroid gland, and, I think, the adrenals. The organs degenerate...
Haled to court, Mr. Johnson said: "In trying to keep him from hitting me with a crank handle, my hand accidentally came into contact with the lower part...