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...reporters: "We have but one child. Diplomats in Germany cannot afford to have any larger families...
...Dennistoun, however, brought suit to recover ?952, which she declared she had at various times lent Colonel Dennistoun. She charged that, in 1923, Dennistoun was living in a luxurious flat in Sackville Street and could afford to pay her. Counsel for defense denied that Colonel Dennistoun had any money from which plaintiff could collect, called the case attempted blackmail of Lady Carnarvon, said that defense had been entered because Mrs. Dennistoun would have continued to demand money if her claim had been paid...
...General courses," said Professor Esteve, "are perhaps the most striking advantage of American universities over French. While I have not been in this country long enough to become a competent judge, yet I feel that your system of general courses, in literatures particularly, afford a very real superiority over the specialty system that we have in France. Of course, general courses are of necessity accompanied by a certain degree of superficiality, but their great merit is that they give the student a balance and a broader basis on which to form his judgments...
...think we can afford to permit ourselves a few feathers. Why shouldn't the Superintendent of Caretakers wear that title? I've no doubt that his predecessor, the Head Janitor he was called, spent a good deal of time trying to improve his authority weakened as it was by such a name. After all, the 'goody' is, nominally, a caretaker...
...University, which could once afford or keep busy no more than one Secretary, now employs several, which is simply in line with the general growth. Perhaps 'Secretary to the University for Information' is a euphemism, as much as any of the other indulgences Harvard permits herself. But no one is fooled by such a name, for a press agent. And the position which it inaccurately portrays is highly important...