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...Underwood, who came to Boston on Sunday to participate in the Armistice Day exercises held on the Boston Common, declared that the next presidential election would not be fought out on any great decisive issues but on the general conditions of the country. And those indications he felt, would prompt the election of a Democratic president...
...Cambridge just as quickly as possible; next fall seems far off, and the desire to make a reasonable moving contract is very faint. Perhaps any action of the College would border on paternalism, but considering the general confusion and excitment during the last few weeks and the necessity for prompt and untroubled concentration in the fall, such action is certainly warranted...
Though large quantities of truck are still delivered by the movie moving vans, 20 years have brought us The Covered Wagon and Little Old New York. Almost every hamlet has a good film once a week. These things should prompt praise as well as pity. In many aspects the progress of the movies is miraculous rather than ridiculous...
Because of frequent raids on Serbian territory by the Bulgarian Comitadji*, Yugo-Slavia sent a stiff ultimatum to Bulgaria, declaring that unless these raids ceased Yugo-Slavia would cross the frontier. A war was thought to be averted by the prompt mediation of Premier Poincaré of France, who suggested a conference for this week to settle the question. Both Governments agreed...
Poincareé, prompt mediator...