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Lastly, striking improvements could be made in the cheers. The new "skyrocket" cheer has done little but fizzle to this date. The "echo" is a disastrous division of a cheering section which needs concentration of is lung-power above all else. In contrast to these is the effectiveness if the musical cheer--the trumpet motif followed by a "fight!" --which was copied from New Hampshire. A few instructive evening with the New Hampshire co-ed yell leaders might be an excellent and readily-accepted requirement for the Crimson leaders...
...Marx reasoning. When he states quite correctly that "enrollments in the U.S. Army are greater than every before in peacetime," Marx forgets that it has been the impending passage of the conscription bill--and now the actual passage--which has been a major cause of the skyrocket in volunteering. That is, many of the recruits have joined up in order to "boat the draft" and get into the unit of service they prefer while they still have a free choice...
...starts," muttered Parisians as they watched the streaking Nazi bombers, plainly visible in the skyrocket glare. The first raids spared downtown Paris, but heavy concussions rumbled from the suburbs. Long after the Nazis were gone most citizens lay doggo in the shelters until after sunup. Then suddenly all Paris clanged and tinkled as abandoned alarm clocks went off in empty flats...
...Lewis, had long contended that what the country needed was a good 35? record (standard prices had previously ranged from 75? to $2). Signing up big names in the popular field (biggest: Crooner Bing Crosby-see p. 50), Decca put this contention to the test, and sales began to skyrocket. Today, the five-year-old Decca concern, with Crosby as its Caruso, stands second only to RCA Victor, with an estimated annual gross...
...assets is invested in East Indian rubber plantations, which assures the company of 20% of its raw material (so long as the Japanese do not grab or blockade the East Indies), partial protection against inventory losses if rubber slumps, extra profits if rubber prices skyrocket...