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Having no intention of landing in England, whence he has been twice barred on grounds of moral turpitude, Harry Kendall Thaw rode into Southampton on the S. S. Europa. A delegation of immigration authorities boarded the ship, marched up to Mr. Thaw, told him he might not set foot on shore. Said he: "I am going to Germany, which is much more interesting, and after that to Czechoslovakia, where I shall be a guest of my friend, President Masaryk...
...seven years warmly espoused the movement for plank walks. The first issue of the Magenta, appearing on January 24, 1873, contained the following editorial: "We wish the College would lay plank walks in the yard: As we wade through our classic enclosure on the sloppy days of the January thaw, or, when the signal man at Washington turns the water into ice, as we gracefully measure our length in front of the University, we think of this. We do not find fault with the management of our beloved institution, but we mildly hint that plank walks, such as are each...
...spit between the sections that are to be riveted ?so. In the cold up here, the spittle freezes?but the riveter cannot see because it looks silvery, like the duralumin, so he drives his rivet in. Then next June when they launch the ship, the warm air will thaw the spittle, the rivet will be loose. Soon something may happen...
...sincere Max Dufferein- Chautel presents himself, suffused with gawky and sincere emotion, at her dress-ing-room she is merely annoyed, brusquely kicks him out. He gets himself properly introduced, evinces impeccably respectable intentions, dogs her with his wistful and persistent hope. In spite of herself Renee begins to thaw...
...counted 1,400 skeletons, bits of uniform still clinging to their bleached bones. A rusty airplane hangar contained 9,800 more, piled in dusty, loose-covered boxes, jumbled together under tattered sheets. Reporters ferreting for themselves discovered that thousands of other bodies lie buried so shallowly that each Spring thaw brings many to the surface. The Minister of Pensions stayed in Verdun only an hour, returned thoughtfully to Paris. On the train he brightened somewhat...