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Emboldened by recognition from Great Britain and smarting under the effect of the breakdown of Russo-Chinese negotiations at Peking, the Soviet Government apparently decided to make unconditional recognition a sine qua non of any negotiations with foreign powers. Notice to this effect was served at Berlin on the Dutch delegates conferring there with Red envoys for a Russo-Dutch Commercial Agreement. The Dutch delegation promptly abandoned discussion, returned to the Hague...
...much better is the "status quo"! One more fence to climb, qua fence, one more handicap to the assertion of individual initiative, one more necessity for clerks and clerkesses, checks, and counter-checks...
...Qua-el-Kebir, near Asyút, excavations of the British School of Archeology disclosed relics covering every period of Egyptian history and prehistory. The chief find was a papyrus manuscript of St. John's Gospel in early Coptic, midway between the Vatican and Sinaitic codices (earliest Greek Biblical manuscripts). It was wrapped in linen rags in an earthen pot, much of it in perfect condition, and is now on exhibition at University College, London. It dates from the Fourth Century and differs in several ways from the orthodox text. An iron dagger, considered the oldest iron implement known...
Among the most important specifications of a Harvard theatre would be a roomy stage and extensive apparatus for lighting--the latter, especially, beings a sine the qua non to the fullest realization of the possibilities of modern stage affects. Since both the Dramatic Club and the Workshop would produce all their plays at the theatre, while Pi Eta and Hasty Pudding would also have an opportunity for larger public performances when they so desired, it should in no sense be a monumental ornament useful only once or twice a year. More over, in view of the decreased building costs, that...
...feet of each of these standing figures, but clad in less distinctive garments, were other figures, in the act of kissing the bare feet of their superiors. From my reading in the records, I was able to identify these figures at once, by their insignia, as members of the Qua Quan Quot. Later our geologist explained that the men had evidently been mummified or petrified by the sudden explosion of a liquid used by the Incas for brilliant illuminating effects, such as red and green lights. The gas thus created, combining with a rocksecretion of volcanic origin, was enough...