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...wily norm, Tammany should have its way in the National Democratic Convention of 1928: for already, long before the dawn of the next presidential campaign, that organization's representatives are beginning to flit about and chirp noisily. The first flight, of course, has been southward. where the game is biggest, although most elusive...
...Wolverines of Michigan snarled and snapped, clawed, chewed up the Navy team, 54 to 0. "Biggest naval disaster of all time," said critics...
...biggest court martial in U. S. military history," exclaimed the effusive spokesmen of quantity and magnitude last week with reference to the trial of Colonel William Mitchell about to begin. There was much in what they said. The court martial of Benedict Arnold in 1779-80, which resulted in a mild reprimand from General Washington, was not so sensational as the treason which followed it. The trial of Aaron Burr for treason was perhaps of equal national interest, but it was not a military trial but a trial before the U. S. Circuit Court at Richmond. The nearest parallel...
Education, as the above item (which is not of our invention) will testify, is advancing by leaps and bounds. This is one of the biggest bounds ever made. In fact, while our day remains only 24 hours long, no further bounds in this direction is possible...
...Webb, the tertium quid, is more unlike Chesterton than seems possible. Chesterton would address two street boys, a woman and a baby as if they were a grand demonstration. Webb would address the biggest demonstration as if he were telling the boots what to do with the luggage. . . . Chesterton's weaknesses encourage; Webb's powers humiliate. . . . Neither Chamberlain nor Chesterton would have a dog's chance if the Glasgow academic electorate were capable of appreciating Webb...