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Vicissitudes. The events of the twelvemonth group themselves naturally about the rise and fall of the great Super-Tuchun Wu Pei-fu -no stranger to such vicissitudes. A year ago he was gathering strength in the Yangtze valley for an onslaught upon Peking. So well did he succeed that he completely disrupted the power of the Pekingese Super-Tuchun Feng Yu-hsiang. For a time it seemed that Wu and the Super-Tuchun of Manchuria, Chang Tso-lin, would dominate the North. Then occurred the sudden and momentous upheaval which is still disrupting China to the point of anarchy...
Scientists at Princeton have found that the rope would have to be a thousand feet long and three inches thick to withstand the onslaught of the two combining classes. A tug of war was decided on last year to take the place of the historical flour picture, but the student council is now at a loss to find a suitable substitute...
...With the Government's case against Colonel Miller practically complete, Mr. Buckner then began his onslaught on onetime (1921-24) U.S. Attorney General Harry Micajah Daugherty. He traced a $22,163.81 check of John T. King's to a deposit in the Midland National Bank of Washington Court House, Ohio, on Oct. 13, 1921. It happens that Harry M. Daugherty's brother, Mai S. Daugherty, is president of this bank; that the records for Oct. 13 and 14, 1921, have disappeared; that the accounts of Harry M. Daugherty, Mai S. Daugherty, and Jesse Smith are missing...
...zebra strain. The beasts are docile and intelligent in harness, but race boisterously once loosened in an enclosure, showing speed and agility in pivoting at corners, rivaling panthers in their ease in clearing fences. If the beasts are corraled with horses, the horses are, in bitter, feudal onslaught, ignominiously vanquished...
...introduction of the helmet, shoulder pad, and other protective garb, has made it possible for the players to take more chances than was possible when they went upon the field with their heads and bodies unprotected from the onslaught of swinging lacrosse sticks. In addition, the exact rules which now define body checking have brought about more daring play. The check in lacrosse is equivalent to the tackle in football, save that it differs in technique. Yet it is no less spectacular, and puts into lacrosse the same smash of physical contact so enjoyed by the spectators...