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...blame went to Engineer Southerland since his action was the best course to save the train. When an engine is torn loose, air brakes lock on the other cars, which can be stopped quicker with the engine's weight and momentum detached. Engineer Southerland kept his job until his death two years ago. About eight years ago the railroad was acquired by the Van Sweringen interests, taken out of receivership...
Charles Devens '31, who played in '29 and '30 and won fame on the diamond, declares that spring practice made it possible for a coach to wood out his material and thus get going quicker in the fall. Asked about Harlow he declared, "Anything Harlow says is fine...
Years later, still chafing at Federalist stumbling-blocks laid by the Court, ex-President Jefferson proposed a Constitutional amendment limiting the terms of Justices to six years. His Congressional followers wanted quicker action. Between 1821 and 1825 bills were introduced to curb the Court's power in Constitutional cases by giving the Senate appellate jurisdiction over it, by requiring a vote of five out of seven Justices, by "packing" it with three new Justices...
...home. Every set of rooms in the houses had a dial telephone connected directly with the town exchange. The bathroom had every modern convenience except a bath, which is regarded by Harvard men as an out-of-date contraption. America has decided that showers are less enervating and quicker. This I think was my first experience of the desire to say: "Well, I may be old fashioned...
...smarter than horses. Horses, she said, trust man more than any other domesticated animal, respond instinctively to human guidance and are good at the more mechanical forms of learning, but frequently behave in ways which do not redound to their own benefit. "Cows," she continued, "catch on to things quicker, remember better. And strangely enough the cows that give the most milk are the smartest of all cows. But polo ponies make the same mistakes that draft horses do. And sheep, despite their timidity, can be taught tricks, such as taking a handkerchief out of your pocket, rolling a barrel...