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Another huge horde filled the stadium hoping to watch the Army repel the western invasion. Biff Hoffman, the Stanford fullback, came out with his stockings down; other Stanford players were without headguards. Opposite them, but not much in the way, stood the neat, trim, speedy Army eleven with Cagle at its back. The Stanford team, which is not the best in the far West, was ludicrously superior to the Army, which has been considered the best team in-the East. One play, an antique variation of a fake "statue of liberty" never failed to gain ten yards. The members...
...some distance above it placed another similar piece. The upper one remained balanced without mechanical support. His explanation was simple: one end of a magnet is positive, the other negative; with two magnets the positive of one attracts the negative of the other, the positive and negative of one repel the positive and negative of the other; cobalt steel can be so highly magnetized that its repellent power can support a relatively large weight against the pull of gravity...
...deference to the death of a bull, birth of a bear, the market sagged a few respectful points. But the same inexplic- able strength which fortified it against the 5,400 bankers remained to repel Mr. Raskob's attack. The market recaptured its stride...
...also a member. Our country has little over two millions population- small, as compared to Poland's 29,000,000, but in such an event the whole nation would sink its differences and stand shoulder to shoulder, and I know that the peasantry would fly to arms to repel the invader." When news of Pilsudski's charges reached Kovno, harassed Premier Valdemaras promptly denied that Lithuanian troops had been mobilized against Poland, then ordered his bags packed, and set out for Geneva to enlist the Council's aid. Simultaneously, Marshal Pilsudski was said to have declared that...
...daybreak 500 "Wobblies" led by Adam Bell tramped toward the gates to the Columbine property. Deputy Sheriff Lou Beynon of Weld County met them and urged them to turn back. He pointed out that the 20 State Police under Mr. Scherf were unwilling but ready to repel trespassers with gunfire. "Come on, boys, let's go!" cried Adam Bell. The "boys" went?toward the Columbine gates...