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...Fran. Nay, answer me: Stand, and -unfold yourself...
...Last of all, I believe in the 'disregard' game, which consists of strolling nonchalantly by the procession and completely ignoring every likely petticoat. This is the subtlest of my tricks and can only be practiced by an intelligent person. Occasionally -- nay, perhaps more than that -- even this will not bring response. In that case, there is but one other alternative: hurry over to Radcliffe; they're forever home...
...Hall yesterday noon were there for any other reason than to "laern more knolege"? They would not be there to see the New Lecture Hall, for undoubtedly many of them had seen it before. They would not be there to meet the renowned Dr. Arnold N. Childes, for few, nay none, had ever heard of him. A man who looks before he leaps would have looked up Dr. Childes in Who's Who in America to see "how well known for his work" in the field of birth control he was. But oddly enough, he would find neither birth control...
...Monday afternoon, fortunately, the Dictator who had been risking his life by his refusal to speak with desperate men, spoke-nay, he conversed. This conversation, like that of Mr. Baldwin and King Edward, was not so much about the tremendous issues at stake as about money. Of course Young Chang did not threaten to kill Dictator Chiang unless he was paid a given sum. That would have been nonsense. The position of each of these two Chinese was of such eminence and power that a few million dollars more or less was not to them what...
...contributor, wrote on sailing day, "As for the cabins-as for the eiderdowns, and the spacious beds, and the cupboards and looking-glasses and bathrooms . . . some British Homer should . . . describe where grew the trees that gave those polished panels, what cunning joiner it was that fitted them, what sempstress, nay, what silkworm it was that worked upon the bedcovers...