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...which voted to secede might lead to Hindu-Moslem strife. The Moslem League objected to Britain's principle that such voting would be by existing provinces (whose boundaries are not according to Moslem majorities). Rumor claimed that some Congress members, instead of wanting more war responsibility, wanted to avoid such headaches. Undoubtedly they wanted to avoid the headaches of such partial responsibility as Britain offered...
...yachtsman who watches the trembling sail lest it spill the wind, a glider pilot must keep his towline taut or suffer a jerk when it suddenly springs tight. Even in the air, an instructor makes a student keep his ship about 50 feet higher than the towplane to avoid its slipstream...
...hardships so extreme that they could not be shoved back on the wholesaler or manufacturer. Canada's payments have been trifling, but in Britain two years of price control have cost more than $1,000,000,000 in subsidies, and Britain regards it as money well spent to avoid a far more costly general increase in prices...
Stanley K. Leonard, czar of the manila envelopes, said last night that in order to avoid utter confusion, men whose names begin with A to K should register before one o'clock, and those whose names begin with L to Z should enroll between one and five o'clock. The remaining hours until eight will take care of the late-comers...
Because most of the last day's registration in former years has come between 10 and 12 o'clock in the morning, upperclassmen are advised by veterans of the gauntlet to register early to avoid crowds and speed up the process of getting through Memorial Hall...