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...passed but repealed in Oklahoma. Tennessee's case, for all its levity of origin, was clean-cut. It iso- lated the issue of all the others. So "Rappelyea's razzberry" grew to mammoth size. Last week, Dayton was intoxicated with "boom" elixir like a small town expecting titular pugilism. College presidents wired for reserved seats in the courthouse auditorium. Eminent lawyers were coming for the defense-suave Dudley Field Malone of Manhattan, cynical Clarence Darrow of Chicago. Perhaps England's H. G. Wells would send a message. Curious hundreds would be sure to jostle for a glimpse...
Georgetown is favored by out-of-town observers to carry off titular honors, for the Washington team has a balance more perfect than that of the well-rounded Crimson team. First, George-town will present a two-mile relay team which has shattered the world's indoor and outdoor records. They will be pushed hard by the Boston College team. The Crimson two-mile team should place, if it does not push the leaders...
Sixteen years of titular kingships under a domineering regency was necessary before the boy-King was to assume control. Whatever hopes the people had placed in Alfonso XIII were instantly blighted. To the man-in-the-street he appeared to be the paragon of haughty despotism?a king caring only for the external magnificance of his court, depending only on the conservative grandees and the bigoted prelates for advice. His former popularity had vanished like snow upon the desert...
...upon Stanford, methodically start rending her to bits. Late in the afternoon, Stanford grew annoyed, flung passes, drew from far behind to a 20-to-20 tie. It was the year's most notable Pacific Coast footballing, but indecisive since neither team had been beaten. If there is a titular shade, it favors Stanford, tied but this once to California's twice...
...George stuck his finger in his mouth and held it up in the air to decide which way the political wind was blowing. He decided that a gentle zephyr was blowing, favorable to Liberalism, so he virtually gave notice to the British public, probably with the counsel of his titular chief, ex-Premier Herbert H. Asquith, that a general election was to be held at the end of the year...