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...Nary a Nay. At midweek the committee's recommendations hit the House floor amid warnings that Powell's friends would arise to defend his reputation-and his funds. California Democrat James Roosevelt, as Powell's defender, had asked for two hours of debate time. But Roosevelt took the floor only to announce that "unfortunately, the chairman of the committee is ill today with influenza and cannot be here." The statement drew hoots of laughter from both sides of the House chamber...
...distinguished speaker used ancient techniques to win what even he knew to be a hostile audience, but his tools were too crude and prosaic to accomplish the job. To demonstrate his own friendliness, he grandly asked--nay, pleaded--that everyone visit his great state and see the unparalleled wonders of its progress. To identify his cause with the heritage of his listeners he solemnly invoked irrelevant parts of Massachusetts' history. He threw in the names of Jefferson, Webster, Washington and others, not in the context of sentences, but as stark monuments to the Americanism of his views. He intoned them...
Thus it was with disbelief, nay astonishment, that the few basketball fans Harvard has left realized last week that for 24 hours the Crimson was tied for first place in the Ivy League. The bubble was dented the next evening when Penn defeated Columbia to advance its record to 4-1. But at the semester break the Crimson was tied with Yale for second place, each having 3-1 records...
...those who are attacked continue to contribute. Why? Is a lust for pain? Yes, in some case Heroics? Perhaps. The writer stand for something. He becomes an emblem of the great trial, and everyone sympathizes with him, nay, sings his praises without reading his work...
...first new U.S. stock exchange since 1934, Natex (pronounced Nay-tex) will cater to fledgling companies that cannot meet the requirements of the major exchanges. While the American Stock Exchange rarely lists a company unless it has earnings of at least $150,000, and the New York Stock Exchange demands $1,000,000, Natex will have no minimum earnings requirement...