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...Auburn and Plympton Streets, just behind the Lampoon, a Chevrolet runabout coupe being driven from the opposite direction. The driver of the Ford attempted to make the left hand turn to avoid a collision, but the car, going at a speed beyond his control, struck the sidewalk at a slant and turned on its side. The driver of the Chevrolet, crowded on the small seat by another lady and two men, had jammed on her brakes in a futile effort to stop. But the wheels skidded and the motor swung to the right and up onto the side-walk until...
...enterprise, but business ability; Rothermere lacked the former but was a positive genius in the business affairs of the firm. Lord Beaverbrook's journalistic career was mainly connected with Canada until he bought The Daily Express. A priori it seems that the British press is on the downward slant, since both these men will control the largest newspaper combine in Britain, whose newspapers will reach about 90% of the British reading public...
...Morley's criticism takes a somewhat original slant. He believes that the fault lies in the super-seriousness with which undergraduate pursuits are carried on; he objects to the spirit of professional perfection which guides most student enterprises, and makes a plea for the amateur...
...always cared more for the steeplechase than the altar, has always been more willing to risk the royal neck in a race than the royal finger in a ring. He can scarce raise an eyebrow but the whole world notes the new slant, a dozen ladies are waiting for the word;--he smiles with appreciation and goes on with his game. He merely enters another Derby, carries a bobbing crown over hedges and dumps it in a creek...
...volume, notes of sympathy for bereaved friends, letters of state to men like Walter Hines Page, letters of advice to young men who asked for it. But some of the best are purely personal letters. To "Elizabeth" Lane directed messages which give a slant at the man from a unique angle. We find this hard-headed two-fisted public servant a poet at heart, rising above the prosaic environment he regretted...