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...strange to think that the "revolution" was in the main caused because President Alessandri championed a bill to provide salaries for Parliamentarians, on the ground that it would enable the poorer classes to enter the Legislature...
When the sun had kissed the grand old Hradsany good night, Harry had not returned for similar caresses from his anxious wife. The dawn of another morning confirmed the fears of dozens of business men: Harry had fled. Mrs. Gray, ruminating upon her pillow, remembered that she was poorer. Investigation showed that she was bankrupt...
...principles of equal opportunity for all, special privileges to none, life has become a desperate struggle for the average man and woman. The millions who work on the farms, in the mines, in transportation, in the factories and shops and stores, with all their industry and saving, find themselves poorer at the end of the year than at the beginning...
Even taking into consideration the thoroughly understood difficulties under which the places operate, it is hard to believe that they have been operated efficiently. The cost at the Dining Hall is not particularly low and the quality of food is poorer than that served in restaurants on the Square at the same price. The Dining Hall has failed to meet the competition which the Union, the various eating clubs, and the cafeterias on the Square have offered...
...quintet it does not denote excessive weakness. In passing through the most difficult week of its schedule the University five lost to three Intercollegiate League teams in succession only after leading for the greater part of each battle. Saturday's 27-24 defeat from Amherst was a far poorer showing, even though a substitute line-up was used, for the visitors were a weak combination that should have been easily routed...