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...Free Silver"-for nigh on 29 years it has had the freedom of the political grave. But how did the late William J. Bryan, its great proponent, regard it at the time of his death? The answer is contained in a letter written by Mr. Bryan two months ago to the New York Journal (Hearst) and recently published...
...neither a heart nor a ten. Hence the grin upon the face of Mr. Schnugg; he had come so near to having the highest hand in poker, a natural royal flush, and his chance of drawing the needed card (ten of hearts) was so minute as to be nigh undecipherable. Mr. Schnugg stretched out his hand to the pack, flushed to the ears. He had done...
...then advanced to the power plant, well-nigh destroyed it. Police forces of the neighboring towns arrived, but could do nothing. Many policemen were caught, locked up in the local prison. Their lives were spared only by the supplications of three clergymen. Mob rule set in. Stores were plundered. Thousands of dollars of damage was done...
...modern Who's Who under a different guise; several names, indeed, may be found in both books. In the Rev. Allen's, the name of Baruch belongs to "a young nobleman"; Cain, says Author Allen, is the same name as Smith. David gets the most space, nigh four pages; Paul is second, Moses third. Goliath who, says the author, "was probably ten feet high," gets only a paragraph for all his bulk, nor do Og, Gog and Magog, those hairy monsters, rate more. Noah is "accredited with having discovered the process of making wine." Joseph is referred...
...have never seen Chinese politics in such chaos. At times, I wondered if the preparations for the expedition [TIME, Mar. 23, SCIENCE] ever could be completed. Transportation of all kinds was well nigh paralyzed and it was not a question of how quickly and how cheaply a thing could be done, but rather whether it could be done...