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...Chancellor thumbed not once but several times. When either of the Germans made a demand to which the Allies were not prepared to yield, the right Snowden thumbnail was placed tight under the Snowden upper front teeth and snapped twice in accompaniment to the words: "Not a bit of it! [snap] not a bit of it! [snap]" Provocative though this gesture was, Dr. Curtius and Dr. Moldenhaur did not seem to think they were being insulted, since the bony fingers of the Yorkshireman were not spread but closed and doubled as he thumbed...
...added assurance to that end. Any pronounced leanings toward anglican customs are, justly or not, generally looked at askance in this country. The English idea that it is better to lose a well-played match than win a sloppy one is one transatlantic attitude that might stand a bit more importation...
...wait a bit", the oysters cried...
...Blue Room stood the President. Beside him was Mrs. Hoover in a blue silk dress. Close at hand was Col. Edward Starling, Chief Bodyguard, looking not a bit like a detective in his cutaway...
...players has aroused considerable comment among athletic officials and sporting editors. Regarded as an experiment by the majority of them they recall the series of 1914 when the round robin series between Harvard. Yale, and Princeton, handled in the same way, was the cause of quite a bit of ill-feeling on the part of the players and undergraduates. The subsequent year the plan was dropped...