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...Belgium cannot, will not, agree to any form of settlement that is not much more lenient. If a more lenient agreement is made, how will Great Britain take it? How will Congress take it? Congress has long protested that it would not forgive a cent of foreign indebtedness; but partial debt forgiveness disguised as lower interest or a moratorium Congress may well accept in compromise...
Consider the cod. Although his family is only second on the platter, he is perhaps the most valuable. Even his liver, when pressed under heat, exudes oil of great medicinal worth. And his tongue is a Parisian delicacy. Cod?a big creature?is partial to olive-green covering and is distinguished by a subtle beard at the tip of the lower jaw. The cod catch on the Newfoundland coast has not been seriously diminished...
...enforced by law in the U. S.: Enforcement by law of Nos. I and I would be unconstitutional. Legal treatment of Nos. Ill and IV is recommended by Blue Law societies. No. X has only moral support. Nos. VI to IX, inclusive, are enforced by law, with the partial exception...
...Keynes, Economist: "It is too late to turn back and we must now commit ourselves, with the best face we can, to . . . a gamble which may have a more than even chance of partial success. Nevertheless, most people now . . . sincerely wish that they had not talked so much about the blessings of hurrying back to par. It is in this chastened mood that the British public will submit their necks once more to the golden yoke-as a prelude, perhaps, to throwing it off forever at not a distant date...
...possibly mean that Mr. Coolidge had decided to snub the Nebraska Senators? Already four nominal Republican Senators (LaFollette, Brookhart, Ladd, Frazier) have been ejected from the party. The Democrats are almost certain to gain ground in the 1926 elections. Could the President possibly afford to cast off even the partial support of the Nebraska Senators? The President did not state...