Word: nones
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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December, January, February, March, April, May, June?seven months and a trifle more before the Republican National Convention, barely eight months until the Democratic Convention. Now is the time for all good politicians to lay their plans for advancement. Seven or eight months is none too much time on which to prepare for a National Convention. With an eye on the future national politicians are swinging into their stride...
...noted statesmen who are on occasion to be found in Geneva, none is personally more impressive than strongly-built, white-haired Fridtjof Nansen, Norway's all-round scientist, author, explorer, public servant...
...doing one good by lessening the numbers of the "Jack of all trades, master of non," this pressure of living has overreached itself in creating the vast number of the "master of one trade, Jack of none." Until a happy medium is struck between these two extremes in business requirements, the general education of the country will continue to have a commercial bent. And the blame for this must be put not on educators but on the hurry of life...
...Sufficient members survived to form the nucleus for another of the greatest shows on earth. On the general staff this season are Fanny Brice, Edna Leedom, Hap Ward, Harland Dixon, Bert and Betty Wheeler, Brooke Johns, Paul Whiteman. Though with the possible exception of Miss Brice and Mr. Whiteman none of them have attained Who's Who, they are extraordinarily entertaining. The chorus, with the most extensive personnel in history, seems again to have that fatal gift of beauty which is as Lethe to Manhattan and wandering millions from the outlying villages...
...fact that Dartmouth made six first downs during the first half while Harvard made none showed the jump that Dartmouth had over Harvard on the offense. Between the halves, the rival bands carried on the fight. Here, too, Dartmouth had the edge...