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Some of us favor national prohibition and some oppose it. We think that differences of opinion on this question should not be allowed to overshadow other important matters, such as the establishment of friendly relations with other countries including Latin America; the protection of national waterpower; and the relief of agricultural depression, as to which governor Smith's desire for action contrasts sharply with the eight years' inactivity of the administration to which his opponent has belonged...
...Reed. The thinly-populated Southwest echoed all week with the slow, formidable voice of Candidate Reed. Partly to overshadow Candidate Smith, partly to get credit for a party service, partly because he revels in smoldering oratory, Candidate Reed stuck close to his stock speech on G. O. P. "boodlers" and misdeeds, seasoned with a few peppercorns for Tammany Hall. At Dallas, he specially flayed Secretary Mellon. At Tulsa, his special text was Oil, his chief target the Tariff. At Topeka he fell upon President Coolidge and snarled: "Without hesitation I declare that the stratum of the Republican party which...
Anticipating anxiety in the minds of small town luncheon club members Montgomery Ward's president, George B. Everett, explained: "No attempt is made (in the 50 Montgomery Ward stores already operating) to overshadow the local merchants. Our experience has been that wherever we have located, local merchants have benefited...
...most twice a year; that the present Stadium, architecturally, is unrivalled, and that the proposed enlargement would make it a monstrosity, also unrivalled; that intercollegiate football is primarily for the undergraduates, not for the graduates; and that larger stadia place the emphasis on bigger and better athletics and so overshadow the main and essential function of a college education...
...sees fit, and with perfect frankness and freedom. And the fact that no compulsion is placed on the undergraduate either in this respect, but that he seeks knowledge of his own will, is likely to better the relations. For unfortunately the virtues of experience as a teacher do not overshadow the waste and frustration that accompany her instruction. Particularly fortunate, then must the student, still grasping his diploma uncertainly, think himself who can have a man, seasoned and successful in this schooling, to guard him against needless buffetings...