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...absolute necessity in his work is a comprehensive and accurate acquaintance with language. This he possessed to a high degree, having in his youth been trained in Romance, Germanic, and Ido-European Philology, and having been ever on the alert to increase his store. As far as modern tongues are concerned, his knowledge was not confined to books: he spoke German and French with admirable mastery, and was easily at home in Italian and Spanish. His English diction was a delight to his friends, who were always fond of hearing him read aloud...
During the course of the autumn the Notre Dame team has traveled 7,500 miles to play seven games. Travel-weary, game-weary, it lined up against Nebraska and was beaten, partly by its own faulty passing, partly by Nebraska's alert secondary defense, and partly by the punting of the opposing Captain, Edward Weir. Score: Nebraska 17, Notre Dame...
...actual facts are quite different. A few people, those of unusual initiative, or ample means, or who happen to be under the care of exceptionally alert physicians, or within the jurisdiction of exceptionally competent health officers, receive the benefits of the new discoveries, but the great mass of the human race goes on as before, and the death rate from the diseases is reduced slowly and over long periods of time...
...First of all, I received a shock during the first few minutes after my arrival in Cambridge which came near upsetting all my calculations. Rushing up out of the 'pill box', all on fire with ambition, and the antennae of my mind sharpened by a whole summer's curiosity, alert to the point, of pain, I was on the point of dashing across the square and throwing myself into the conflict when--whiz!--a Ford shot around the corner and, hitting a poor pedestrian not five feet from me, dragged him out of sight...
...Council's nine-day biennial meeting at Washington with an address (see Page 32, RELIGION). ¶ Dust-covered, in a grimy automobile, a Pennsylvanian drove through the streets of Washington and pulled up at the curb to ask directions. A determined-looking, agile little man, with the alert step of a New England Yankee, was walking by. "Hey, there," called the motorist, "where's the White House? Where's the Capitol?" The little man (Calvin Coolidge) appeared to be familiar with Washington geography and obligingly gave directions. "Thanks," said the motorist, waved his hand and drove...