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...correction of examination papers. Hundreds of dismissal slips were issuing from the offices of the deans. He felt he was not talking wildly but as a man of reason. It seemed clear to him that there were at least 1,000 black sheep scampering around the campus, leading astray at least 2,000 weakling sheep who might, in good company, be persuaded to study. "We could," he said, "save the people of this state $500,000 a year...
French Leading Poland Astray...
...former champions had sickened at that fell onslaught, tall Bob Gardner of Chicago and seasoned Walter Fownes of the home club, and only with difficulty did ponderous Dave Herron at last fix a damper on the ardent cherub, who swore and flung his clubs when a crashing drive soared astray or a tricky pitch was topped...
...once the courts have not been led astray by that ingeneous artifice known as criminal insanity, and have convicted a malefactor who well deserves it. The so-called Lone Wolf's plea of insanity has been rightfully denied, and the court has imposed a just sentence...
...America," says the Methodist Board of Temperance, "was founded by men who were, in the main, devoted believers in the Christian faith, and the Nation will not go far astray as long as it is directed according to the principles of the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man as laid down by the Christian church...