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...early American year books which have lately come into the possession of the Baker Library. It is illustrative of the custom, which is still with us, of moving on the first day of May which had become a great evil: "May Day being proverbial for confusion, amounting to partial suspension of business. The first of these year books in point of time is "The Picture of New York or the Traveller's Guide," dated 1907. This gives a full description of the situation and harbor, history, geography, and geology, government and institutions and amusements of New York...
...this noble juridical principle must be applied to the prevention of armed conflicts between those who are upholding partial or contrary interests and not, certainly, to cover a posteriori acts of violence that society and international law jointly condemn today...
What were the 1928 developments in pure and applied science? A partial catalog would include...
...Manhattan-Wilmington miles of track will be the longest railroad electrification unit in the country. The St. Paul. whose partial electrification contributed most to that road's bankruptcy three years ago, has a total 646 miles of track. The Norfolk & Western, which carries coal across the Cumberland Mountains, has 77 miles of electrified track. The coal-carrying Virginian in the same territory has 231 miles...
...months afterwards, not until the King's cousin had returned to Rome, was partial revelation made of what he accomplished. Much has still to be revealed. But these things are known: 1) Italy has leased to Abyssinia for 130 years the use of a corridor through the Italian colony of Eritrea to the Red Sea, and the port of Assab; 2) Under an Italo-Abyssinian "Treaty of Amity and Arbitration" Italian financiers enjoy an option of financing any concessions which may be let along the new trade route from Assab to Addis Ababa; 3) A railroad to serve this route...