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...From this it was deduced that there was at least an outrage on public decency within the meaning of the law, because, to paraphrase the court's language, "it seriously offends the religious beliefs and sensibilities of the adherents of the Christian faith and tends to undermine and weaken religious and moral restraints...
Pertinax, enigmatic political writer for the Echo de Paris adds his voice to the mighty rumblings on the rumpus in the Ruhr. As a supernationalist he favors the policy of the Government, but deprecates their inclination to weaken. "There should not be an evacuation time table nor an evacuation price list...
...Then came the war, and, like Merriwell, Matty enlisted and went to France. Flu and gas brought on tuberculosis. Big Six was pronounced dying. Thirteen months in bed did not daunt his spirit. Neither did he weaken in the rest of his fight. Like Frank Merriwell in a similar position...
McLeish will not be able to accompany the team because of an injury received during the Knox game last Tuesday. This loss will materially weaken the Crimson because his aggressiveness and fighting spirit has been of great help to the team. Samborski, captain of last year's Freshman quintet, will take his place at left guard. He plays a roving game and should strengthen the scoring power and four-man offensive of the University five. Captain Gordon will take McLeish's place at the foul line...
...support armed intervention in Mexico, and be a pronounced and innocuous pacifist in the World War, and yet be consistent in his own eyes and these of his followers. He may denounce the people who were blown up in the Lusitania, and condone those who blow them up; may weaken, by hostile notion, aggressive designs on Germany after the declaration of war; may make wartime service to one's country a political liability; may do infinite harm, by harsh criticism and stubborn blocking, to both Democratic and Republican administrations alike; yet find himself, by almost unanimous choice and in monotonous...