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Britain's refusal to withdraw her fleet from the Mediterranean leads one to ponder on the exact status of what we have always been brought up to regard as the greatest navy of all time. Never before in modern history has the Admiralty been faced with a situation comparable to that now on its hands. For the first time the power of the British navy is definitely in question. The Mediterranean fleet is far superior to the Italian force in gross tonnage, but the Fascist ships are in an extremely strong position and are vastly more mobile...
...such a hot day," dryly observed the senior judge, "that if such a thing were permitted the spectators would desire permission to strip too. No, no, Maitre Torres!'' And the Court rose to ponder its decision until this week...
...tariff reduction. They pointed out that devaluation of the dollar had in effect nearly doubled the barrier to French imports. If the 90% duty on French lace were halved, domestic lace-makers would still enjoy more protection than they did three years ago. What the trade pact negotiators must ponder is whether concessions to France, where lace-making is a major industry employing 50,000 people, will gain markets for enough U. S. exports to compensate for unemployment created in the U. S. lace industry...
...York, summoned his trustees to the most important meeting in his business career. Up for vote was a new pension plan by which all employes and executives were to retire at 70. Among those to go would be President Cortelyou, nearly 73. Long did the trustees ponder the 26 years of his presidency before casting their votes: he had lifted the company's assets from $332,000,000 in 1909 to $1,360,000,000 in 1934; he had doubled the sale of gas, bought up many a profitable electric company; from his modest office on Irving Place...
...Mineola, L. I. last year Mrs. Lucy Steele Kirk, Christian Scientist, sued George Cisler for $10,000 for damages from an automobile accident. A jury found for the defendant because Supreme Court Justice Paul Bonynge charged it solemnly to ponder whether, to a follower of Mary Baker Eddy, injuries and pains could be real (TIME, June 25). This spring a higher court ordered a new trial, holding that Justice Bonynge had erred in letting Christian Science "creep into the trial in a manner inviting, to the plaintiff's prejudice, personal issues between her and the jury." Last week...