Word: v
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...youthful seafaring days, utter commands with appropriate oaths. He is still, at 62, one of the very best bird shots in England. And, though he hunts and rides often, he is always prudent enough to choose a horse of the right weight. Thus George V is not flung off constantly, as is that really excellent horseman Edward of Wales, who, however, insists upon always riding too heavy and powerful a horse...
...summary follows: relay race, first, C. W. Meyers 3L, E. A. Hill 1L, W. L. Dyer 1L, and S. V. Smith 2L; second, N. B. Whitmore '29, J. P. Bethel 3G, Stanley Harris '29, and John Story '30; third H. L. Lilienthal '30, M. M. Feinberg '30. Charles Atwood '30, and E. P. Lee '30; fancy diving, first, Clyde Smith '27; second, J. P. Bethel 3G: third, Maurice Kurnitsky '29; beginners race, first. Paul Brophy '29; second J. P. Pappas '30; third, Samuel Cauman '30; 100 yard back stroke, first, C. W. Meyers 3L: second, E. A. Hill 1L; third...
...According to Article V of the trade agreement, Mr. Khinchuk [head of the Soviet Trade delegation, but absent last week at the League of Nations Economic Conference (see THE LEAGUE)] enjoys all of the rights and immunities enjoyed by the official representatives of other foreign powers in Britain. The right of Mr. Khinchuk to the above-mentioned privileges was confirmed quite recently by the Foreign Office note...
...safe containing the personal papers, ciphers, codes, etc., of the official trade agent was assaulted by the police. Mail addressed to the official trade agent, which had just been brought by couriers, was carried off by the police. These proceedings are in flagrant violation of Article V of the trade agreement...
...high "V"-split collar like that of Charles Gates Dawes. A Theodore Roosevelt pince-nez. Such are the two foibles of dress affected by President Dr. Hjalmar Schacht of the German Reichsbank. There was a dash of Roosevelt and more than a tang of Dawes in certain words spoken by Dr. Schacht, last week, which caused prices on the Berlin Bourse to break and go crashing down harder and lower than at any time since...