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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Filipino is the most honest, peace-loving man in the world", he stated, "and, being entirely capable of self-government, that desire at all times is nearest to his heart...
Like many Etonians, he is impervious to criticism. He is aloof, independent, sometimes satirical, often sarcastic, but more often kindly. His verse shows all these qualities; indeed, his poems form the epitome of his character. He has never been known to write a poem to order; the nearest approach he made to doing so was after the War, when the Armistice seemed to call for an heroic ode. which he penned and called Brittannia Victrix, and which is hardly characteristic of his works...
...eleventh time Dartmouth tried to beat Yale and failed. Yale locked up Dartmouth's star, Myles Lane, in a cell of vicious tackles and won, 19-0. Though Lane went without his touchdowns he retained his lead in individual point score in the East, 101; since his nearest rival Booth of Pittsburgh (62), rested while his undefeated team sent substitutes to trample Allegheny...
...National Assembly is at present Spain's nearest approach to a Legislature; actually it is a consultative body, appointed by Dictator Primo de Rivera and working in committees for the most part. It is designed to aid the Dictator in framing: the laws of the nation...
...Freshman crew race held in the Basin yesterday afternoon, crew H, stroked by J. M. Byrne, won by half a length over its nearest competitor, crew B, stroked by J. W. Fox, Crew C followed crew B across the line at a disadvantage of half a length, with crews F and E only a few feel behind. There was a little open water between the stern of crew E and the how of crew E and the bow of crew D, the last of the six shells to cross the finish line...