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These are rather trite...
...perhaps trite to say that conditions have changed in South America since 1823. The age of European colonization has passed, and with it the necessity of protection for these "little sisters" by the United States. But peace and tranquility on the southern continent are still rather abstract ideals. The aftermath of the failure of the fifth Pan American Conference at Santiago to limit the armaments of Argentine, Brazil, and Chile has been a renewal of military and naval competition...
...said at the risk of being trite, that the audience truly compensated in appreciation for what it jacked in numbers...
Ashes of Vengeance. Bad though it is, the title of this picture?Norma Talmadge's latest?has one redeeming feature. It seems to have attracted all of the bad taste and cheap sensationalism scattered around the Schenck studios and vented them in one trite expression. The rest of the production is consistently tasteful and enormously worth while...
...stern chase was long and bitter and the struggle to overcome this lead, with the series dependent upon it, was a magnificent example of fighting spirit. The roar which broke forth after Owen's hit will long echo within the shades of the University. However trite congratulations may seem, we must join our voice with the voice of graduates and undergraduates in congratulating Captain Owen and his team and also in wishing them all success on Saturday at Braves Field...