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...question of prohibition. The chief interest of the epic lies in M. Pillionnel's novel means of presentation, for he has combined the advantage of his French viewpoint with a keen sense of humor to portray prohibition as a saint fighting the evils of liquor after their long sway in pre-prohibition days...
...second outstanding development is the rise of Economics to a position where it threatens the long standing numerical superiority of the English field. For five years English has held undisputed sway. Before that the Economics department held the lead in several isolated years. The reasons for this shifting popularity may be either external or internal. However, the fact that Economics has ascended the throne more than once in the past seems to show that the movement is a variable one. The most direct solution of this unstable welter of statistics would be found in an analysis of the influences which...
...significant and potentially important event took place last week in China: The two Nationalist governments, which have, since the split* last spring (TIME, March 28) functioned at Hankow and Nanking, united as a single government at Nanking. The new government, which holds sway only in territory to the south of Nanking, is controlled by a commission of five. In addition there are two councils, one on education, the other on military affairs, as well as a cabinet. This new regime marks the beginning of a new future for the Nationalist cause, i. e., the unification of China under a single...
...Lithuania (founded 1918), politely, firmly, magnificently refused the offer of a golden crown last week. A group of tenacious monarchists raised the flag of royalism, which has been a dead emblem many years, because they felt that the country would prosper, as it did of old, under the sway of an autocrat and because they thought that the President, with themselves as his courtiers and advisors, could raise the standard of Lithuania to its highest eminence...
...might sway...