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...upshot was that the wily Aristide secured further postponement of debate on Government fiscal activities by a vote of 313 (Right and Centre) against 147 (Socialists and Communists). He proceeded at once with exchange manipulations to steady the franc, being guided by the advice of a committee of fiscal experts. The franc, perverse, declined slightly, rendering his position acutely delicate...
...renaissance architecture or romantic literature, the classics or a science, may sharpen wits and awaken wisdom more effectively than technical training in the tools of the trade itself. Even at Harvard the elective system broke down, without a counterbalance and concentration and distribution were introduced. But the ultimate upshot has not been that chaos of curriculum tinkering of which President Frank complains, and in consequence there is no place for that sharp prescriptive retrenchment which he advocates...
...knocked out. Delaney, 17 pounds the lighter, hammered and hammered at that classic freckled face. "Young Bob" did nothing effective save dodge, cover and stay conscious. His legs bore him well, and once or twice he looked awkward enough to be a dangerous Fitzsimmons. But the upshot was a decision for Delaney and sportdom's verdict that, though Young Bob's chin is in the paternal tradition, his fists and will...
General Pershing was thought to have muttered something that sounded like, "Your compliance has been formal rather than substantial." The upshot of the matter was that Señor Edwards announced his intention of shortly reading a lengthy address to the Commissioners, and implied that Chile would appeal to Arbiter Coolidge if the Commission did not hasten the plebiscite...
...Upshot, as is usual in these investigations, was nothing proved for or against physical manifestation from the spirit world. Scientists are not prepared to stake their reputations upon the slim data at hand; mediums, however honest, become hipped on their powers...