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There are only two kinds of men. Those who fight with their faces to the enemy-who are the victors-and those who fight with their tails to the enemy -who are the vanquished. From time immemorial, the victors have laughed at the vanquished; and so the desire to avoid the imputation of cowardice is a primitive complex. Every man resents...
...After consulting his Attorney General in order to avoid any legal faux pas such as President Harding's transfer of the Naval Oil Reserves to the Department of the Interior, the President issued an executive order transferring the Bureau of Mines to the Department of Commerce (see CABINET...
Last week, Secretary Work gave reasons why the Bureau of Mines was removed to the Department of Commerce. "To avoid duplication of labor," said he. Heretofore the Bureau and the Department has each 1) maintained a service in domestic and foreign distribution of mining products, 2) collected statistics on mineral production, 3) collected statistics on production of explosives, 4) tested the strength of wire rope, 5) conducted research into the uses of mineral raw materials in manufacture, 6) carried on research into petroleum products, 7) conducted research into the use of raw materials in porcelain manufacture, 8) made fuel tests...
...feint with the fleet at the south coast of Oahu, making its main landing attack on the north coast, with a secondary landing on the west coast. As a matter of fact, both Molokai and Lanai were seized. The airplane carrier Langley was kept well at sea to avoid the Black submarines and the Blue airplanes flew to land as soon as the Islands were taken. Before this, the Black airplanes inflicted losses on the landing parties, sinking a tender, but of course could not prevent the occupation of the Islands...
...free wild lives at the base of Trajan's Column, Rome. The clerk at the Grand Hotel, Paris, can hold a telephone in each hand and turn the pages of his ledger with his elbow. King George quotes Cromwell; his grandmother drove around a block in Manchester to avoid passing Cromwell's statue...