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Diana (an enlargement of an early work, cast in colored terra-cotta) is swifter far than Acteon, for all his speed-outstripping dogs. The wind bends her scarf; her bow is drawn; she looks back...
Although England now has 60 cruisers swifter than any in the American Navy, it does not seem that her superiority in this respect will continue entirely uncontested. Reports declare that the Omaha, one of the ten fast cruisers now under construction for our Navy, recently had a trial run. Using only half the number of her boilers and those at only two-thirds capacity, she traveled at 27½ knots-a speed which would take her across the Atlantic faster than any transatlantic steamship now running...
...week, when the shortened rink was used in preparation for the game at New York. Omitting the usual preliminary drill, the University immediately faced the substitutes in an hour's hard scrimmage. The play was fast and at times marked by brilliant team-work. A faster attack together with swifter shots and passes characterized yesterday's work. Against the strong substitute defense, the University forwards showed an aggression and variety of play that resulted in four scores besides many dangerous shots...
Without for a moment accepting that definition of the economic purpose of the Progressive party, it is encouraging to be assured that the Socialists see in the Progressive party the most immediate and formidable obstacle to their propaganda. The more people realize that fact, the swifter will be the disintegration of parties which fail to recognize even the existence of the real problems of the day. The Progressives are quite willing to be recognized as the great conservative force in the political conflict which actively beginning in 1912, is to go on for years to come. Mr. Henderson believes that...
...other hand, the game showed that the Harvard team has rare offensive strength. A swifter attack than that shown through much of the game has seldom been attained by a Harvard eleven. It must be admitted, however, that the failure to grasp opportunities to score is so far from exceptional that evidence of this defect has come to seem almost meritable in each and every game; the game with Pennsylvania was no exception to this generality...