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...leaving the gold standard. Yet not one of England's banks failed despite her impoverished condition. That the R.F.C. helped certain banks there is no doubt, but Mr. Hoover's statements have been mislaying. The small banks were not helped to the extent that he claimed. Mary a former staunch Republican realizes the, fatuousness of having trusted the departing administration. Audacity and insincerity comparable to Tammany's might have provoked admiration, but puerile blunders, too blatantly so to be successfully concealed have evoked merely contempt...
...Muhlberg's pronouncement, moreover, should find staunch advocates in quite another direction. Take, for example, the tutor who offered a tutee three fingers of Port and uncovered forthwith a chipper reaction to the intricacies of Lady Macbeth. The domain bounded by green glass and shiny labels has obviously been too long neglected by purveyors of modern education. But the thought occurs,--imagine rising with a hangover to greet a nine o'clock on the "Amenities of Gin," and an eleven o'clock laboratory exercise in "The Art of the little finger as applied to Chartreusel...
...state-by-state tabulations, Hoover's success may be attributed to the staunch support of 698 Massachusetts Republicans. The vote for the Bay State totalled...
...coached the Marquis of Clydesdale in boxing, then went world-touring with him. While at Oxford, Eddie Eagan met the Prince of Wales. "The Prince soon put me at my ease. He asked many questions about boxing and also about my life at Oxford. The Prince is a staunch Oxonian. . . ." Tex Rickard and many another pro moter invited Eddie Eagan to turn pro fessional. Unlike most good amateur fighters, Eddie Eagan did not do it. but he trained with famed prizefighters like Mike McTigue, Gene Tunney. Cat-footed, slow and soft of speech, gentle as a St. Bernard...
...Giannini chairman. Taking a last crack at the Walker management, Mr. Giannini announced that he would serve without compensation in contrast to the former chairman's salary of $100.000. John M. Grant, manager of Transamerica's London office, was made president, replacing James Augustus Bacigalupi, onetime staunch Giannini friend...