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However, Harvard's wonder, the armless Joe Sockit, demonstrated the remarkable feat of running up a championship record with his toes. It was reported that Hoyden's marvel, Purple O'Malley, was a ringer, and that she arrived for the Harvard game after playing in a professional contest...
Samuel Isaac Krieger arrived in the U. S. from Germany some ten years ago, self-billed as a mathematical wizard and armed with a letter purporting to be a yip of praise from no less a personage than Albert Einstein. He quickly convinced reporters that he was indeed a marvel at quick mental calculation. He would say, "Think of a number from one to a bil lion," multiply the number given by a smaller number and have the answer in a few seconds. He would ask a newshawk for the date of his birth and then, after a moment...
...private sanctum. Here the President, comfortably tucked in under a massive desk and surrounded by a background of secretaries and Secret Service men, sits flourishing his cigaret holder. The correspondents gather closely around the front of the desk trying politely to look as though all this were a marvel they had never seen before and scarcely dared hope to see again. The questions then begin...
...former to protect apples from the ravages of insects, and the latter in the drying of certain fruits such as apricots and plums. Meat is also treated chemically to preserve its red color. Many may applaud these modern methods of saving money employed by producers and middlemen, and may marvel at the wonders of modern science, but no one would think of deliberately and knowingly placing these preservative poisons into his digestive system. Nevertheless, this is what is done every day by persons who cat hamburgers, apples, dried fruits, and many other foods. Bichloride of mercury may be a fine...
...conference of New England colleges and New England industries, described elsewhere in this paper, do not indicate any great change in the commercial growth of the country. Instead of being alarmed at the fact that "almost half of the New England graduates" seek employment elsewhere, they should actually marvel at the fact that this small section of the United States manages to keep within its borders such an unduly large proportion of the young men educated in its colleges...