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Irving T. Bush considers Russia from the business man's viewpoint. Over his desk in New York hangs the motto: " Consider the Postage Stamp, my Son. Its usefulness consists in its ability to stick till it gets there." He bought sand lots on the water front of South Brooklyn and stuck till he got there. Now the Bush Terminal with rail and water connections covers 30 city blocks and contains 123 warehouses, 8 piers and 16 model industrial buildings...
...proved to be a little worse than ordinary osseous substance. The six sorrowing sahibs engaged last winter in a battle of the bank books for the minor league stars. The players purchased: Fielder O'Connell and Pitcher Bentley by the Giants for a total of $140,000, Shortstop Sand for $40,000 by the Phillies, Pitcher Kunz for $30,000 by the Pirates, Baseman Hale by the Athletics for $75,000, Baseman Lutzke and Catcher Myatt for $80,000 by Cleveland, and Baseman Kamm for $125,000 by the White Sox. The only one of these costly experiments...
Blood and sand addicts of Lower California were rudely stirred when Francisco Peres Rivera, famous matador of Barcelona and Mexico City, finished a bad last in an argument with a bull at Mexicala. Chagrined by his failure, Rivera attempted suicide but was prevented by the intervention of attending picadors...
Ever since President Harding promulgated his World Court proposal, the Republican regiments have been muttering and boiling like an angry sea. The spectre of the League of Nations poked its head over the trees and immediately the President was besieged with requests to stick his head in the sand. Whether he was right or wrong in believing that he saw the people's faces turned toward Europe, for him to play ostrich now would be ludicrous. Hence Mr. Harding, ungratefully locking the politicians in the kitchen, steadfastly proposes to carry his cause to the people during the summer...
...inspiration came from the phenomenal success of the Citroen cars, equipped with Citroen-Kegrasse caterpillar treads, in crossing the Sahara last February, 1,600 miles of sand in 20 days...