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...Joseph Paul-Boncour struggled at Geneva to keep the Disarmament Conference alive, stanchly aided by U. S. Ambassador Davis. On direct instructions from Premier Mussolini, who was more than ever impatient of dawdling Geneva diplomacy last week, Italy's delegates tried to kill the Conference by urging adjournment sine die. Sir John Simon, after telephoning Prime Minister MacDonald, seemed at first to agree with the Italians but after sharp debate Mr. Davis and M. Paul Boncour won their points. Conference President Arthur Henderson was authorized to send Germany a stiff note scoring her reasons for withdrawal as "invalid...
...head. Such birds, of course, can have no binocular vision. Many nevertheless possess stereoscopic vision which they get by virtue of the fact that they have two maculae ... in each eye. This gives in the one eye the two pictures from two different angles which constitutes the sine qua non for stereoscopic vision...
Operating on a smaller scale than during the regular year means less profit especially during the summer sine the rate is a dollar lower for the twenty-one meals a week. Certainly the University Dining Halls know enough economics to avoid a loss for one period in the hope that in the end the deflcit will be covered, and certainly the summer school is eager to stay out of the red this year. It is not unreasonable to suppose that somewhere there must be a sacrifice for economy...
...crowded Senate chamber. There, after swearing in John Nance Garner as his successor, Vice President Curtis delivered an emotional five-minute farewell which ended: "And now, with a last expression of thanks and good wishes to all of you, I declare the Senate of the 72nd Congress adjourned sine...
Ever since the Sine-Japanese war the Nipponese have been frustrated in their territorial ambitions on the mainland by the combination of the European powers...