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Maryland, little-advertised university of the South, nearly dislodged Yale from its position at the top of the Eastern heap (held jointly with Syracuse and Cornell). The invaders smashed two touchdowns across the Blue goal line in the opening period. Yale's belated but stinging retort resulted in two touchdowns and a field goal-16 points. Maryland missed by inches a dropkick that would have...
...Democratic nominee for President of the U. S. A. in 1904), has fought to retain control by an appeal to the preferred stockholders to let Doherty rather than the banking firm of Lehman Brothers finance the Company out of its present difficulties. This appeal has led to a typical retort from Samuel Untermyer, attorney for the preferred stockholders and the Lehman interests. "Judge Parker," the Untermyer statement concludes, "has been misled into making reckless assertions as to the Company's condition that are temperately characterized as of unsurpassed audacity and inaccuracy...
...refused to accept our body styles. He discovered here, however, a yearning for art on the highway, so he will manufacture his own car in quantities somewhere in New York. Citizen Citroen at least flatters us; we may buy his car to keep near the house for decoration. The retort courteous, since our streets are full, would be to send the efficient Ford to France...
...question of retaliation were taken up with any other nation, the inevitable retort would be: " What are you doing about France ? " In addition, if we objected to the tariff preference given by Great Britain, for example, to her colonies over the United States, it would raise the question of our own free trade with the Philippines, which encourages American shipping...
Mustapha Kemal Pasha has disproved the adage, "Where is a Turk his own master?" by substituting the answer, "In Turkey! " for the usual retort, "In hell." These words sum up the fundamental characteristics of Kemal's policy. He stands today as the Emancipator of Turkey. He has lifted the people out of the slough of servile submission to alien authority, brought them to a realization of their inherent qualities and to an independence of thought and action...