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...world is about to sit in on the solution of the ancient problem of what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable barrier. Luis Angel Firpo, Argentine heavyweight boxer, has demonstrated his irresistibility on several notable occasions. William Harrison Dempsey, American heavyweight, has sat immovable on the stool reserved for world's champions since July...
...diameter, but little more than half the size of the earth. It is 141 million miles from the sun on the average, as against the earth's 92, and its year is 686 of our days. Its atmosphere is very thin, but this is not an insuperable barrier to life, for the possibilities of living matter in evolving adaptations to unfavorable environments is greatly underestimated. It would be no more marvelous than the adaptations of the earth's organic life to the glacial changes...
...great British theatrical institution, the pit. You stand in line at the door for a length of time in a length of queue depending upon the success of the play?then the whistle Wows and you all crowd in and try to grab the nearest available seat to the barrier that cages the pit-devotees away from the swells in the stalls. Thus, if you don't get your eye gouged out in the rush, you obtain what would be in I New York a $2.75 orchestra seat for a good deal less. The pit need present no complexity...
Speaking upon the power of following God, Dr. Gray said that it could be acquired by submission and by leading an honest, pure, and unselfish life. The greatest barrier between man and God is man's self-sufficiency", said Dr. Gray "A proud man never sees...
...Free State Government sent an invitation to the Northern Parliament to join in the formation of an All-Irish Chamber of Commerce. It was stated that the customs barrier will not prove an insuperable obstacle to such a plan...