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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...almost impossible to view the problem of American participation in the Olympic games at Berlin from a completely unbiased point of view. Social and Political questions have almost crowded the athletic aspect right off the stage, but one must not lose sight of the fact that participation in the Olympic games in 1936 is by no means an endorsement of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi principles of government...
...seems that all the cars within sight stopped functioning for five minutes, and then, equally mysteriously, were able to start again. Next day, all the Rome papers ran a story declaring that Marconi's new invention had proved successful by crippling the magnetoes of all automobiles on the Ostia-Rome highway...
...allotting handicaps to the Yearlings, Jaakko encountered serious difficulty, as few have ever run the four and one-half mile course before. Last year, he greatly underestimated their prowess, with the result that several finished before a record-breaking Bob Playfair hove in sight...
...even the sheep, are trembling in a freezing moor. A glowing chamber on this holy night is ringing with the revelry of a thousand guests; and somewhere old dames are telling an old story over again: How on this eve thoughtful maids "If ceremonies they did aright . . . " might win sight of their lover in their dreams. The fair Madeline, full of this whim is preparing in her chamber. Already Porphyro stands beside the castle gates. An old beldame speaks...
Residents of Berwyn Heights, Md., neighbors of Minnesota's Senator Thomas David Schall, have started recently at the sight of the blind Senator trotting about his farm on horseback. No novice, Senator Schall in his youth was a constant rider. One day in 1907 he leaned over a cigar lighter which flared up in his eyes, blinded him, ended his riding. Six weeks ago. still totally blind, he mounted his first horse in 28 years, found he could ride without difficulty. Scorning help, the strongwilled, strong-tongued Senator allowed companions only to call "To the right...