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...with the rural "Fist." Against this policy the Peasant President of Russia stands firm, patient and unalterable. Recently he said: "The Government of the Soviet Union must not and does not aim to crush the richer peasants, but simply to stop their undue aggrandizement at the expense of their poorer brethren...
...work of the world must in the future be figured out on a basis of the cash value to those who do it. But where in all of the activities open to Harvard students can one find an activity having more cash value than working with the boys of poorer districts of Boston? Four years after entering College most men have to secure a job, usually in a business organization. One of the first questions a man is asked is what experience in life he has had. The four years of college are eliminated immediately. It is just such...
...justice to some of the poorer diplomats in Paris, the State Sevres Bureau indicated that they have "double exchanged" principally when driven to do so by the necessity of giving a sumptuous and costly wedding (or other) present...
...business and labor rivalries. The Yellow cabs belong to the Yellow Cab Co., of which Mr. Hertz is president; it employs drivers, giving them a percentage of their cab earnings. Oldest in Chicago, it has the best and most numerous stands. The Checker Cab Co. is newer, has poorer stands; it leases its machines to drivers, who are unionized (Chicago Yellow drivers are not); the drivers must prowl around Chicago for fares. Checker drivers as individuals have fought the Yellow drivers as clansmen and as scabs; soon forgetting their business rivalry, the chauffeurs fought for love of fighting...
...Prince of Wales, a poorer horseman than his brother, has, as everyone knows, ridden point-to-point races, not recognized under Jockey Club rules...