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Disarmament does not mean, of course, that the country is to cast aside all the engines of war with indiscriminate abandon. Theodore Roosevelt taught preparedness, and that is what the United States wants today. There is no need of dashing madly towards the pinnacle of military and naval supremacy in order to feel that we are practicing preparedness. To some people, even to some in positions of authority, the first limited movement towards peace-time reductions of armed forces is beyond their powers of understanding...
...present the administration refuses to abandon its policy which allows private citizens to trade with Russia individuals or the Government, but in no way undertakes to guarantee the privileges which an American could expect from any foreign nation in good standing. The word of Soviets is all that binds contracts, all that protects American interests. Business men of this country would prefer the protection of the United States in these matters; they would profit from the advantages of an official understanding with the Soviets. No wonder that ambitious money-makers depict Russia in alluring colors as the very model...
...Cole, manager of the Harvard Cooperative Society, recently announced when the Society had decided to abandon the branch store at 1322 Massachusetts avenue: "We were asked by Mr. August," he said, "to give the store up at the expiration of our lease December 1. We will now have our stock of talking machines and records upstairs in the men's furnishings department, and the theatre tickets in the stationery department, which will now be open until eight o'clock in the evening. In this way, we can fender an equal service to the students of the University while cutting down...
...from the West is to be honored on the All-American eleven, Gipp's name should be there in large letters. In Saturday's game he proved to be a serious threat whenever he moved to a kicking position, carrying the ball, tossing aerial heaves, or kicking with equal abandon and success...
...early stillness of 8.30 this morning, the Senior class will abandon the Yard for its long-awaited annual picnic. Those members of 1920, who, before July 1, 1919, knew the secret tradition of that important yearly event, are confronting one another with the anxious question: will that tradition be upheld today...