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...Dempsey's level. There is vague talk of a fight between the two at the Polo Grounds on Labor Day. Wills deserves his chance. His unobtrusive steadiness between professional engagements would seem to prove that he would grace a title with more dignity than certain of his Ethiopian brethren of the past. Then, too, Dempsey must fight soon again-or revert to digging coal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: He Wants a Fight | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

...this influx of culture has its price. The sacred White Elephant is losing caste. Once he lived in a palace, wore gold trappings, and had girls to dance before him while he ate the choicest fruits. Now he is housed in an ordinary stable and, like his darker brethren, must work in harness for his hay. Such is the fate of the pachyderm which legend calls the heavenly form of Gantama Buddha...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A WHA TA NA-- | 3/31/1923 | See Source »

...circles strong enough to take the leadership out of the hands of the government under any circumstances. Only an active policy of constructive cooperation can bring us any profit". Herr Stinnes, the leader of the "central force" is said to have smiled at the allusion to him and his brethren. If Cuno can over-come the junkers' obstruction, the reparation question should be solved, with or without the aid of England and the American loan. But if he fails, neither England nor the projected American loan can put off much longer military action by promise-weary France...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PAPER AND JUNK | 12/20/1922 | See Source »

...author of this tract, do say: Since Batando and Aquinca hold each other in mutual contempt, there are those that cry aloud: "Let us not have this spirit of hostility--are we not brethren one to another? Let Aquinca open his heart to Batando and Batando to Aquinca and there will be an end of littleness; yea, such a joyous exchange of fellowship there will be that we will return to the state of our ancestors, when differences between one man and another were unknown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 1/18/1922 | See Source »

...Brocker '22 and R. A. Aubin '21 the brethren have a pair of boxmen who can be depended upon for brilliant work. To support these men behind the bat are two first rate back stops in W. A. Duerr ocC, and John Bridge '22, either of whom are reliable. Bridge's first throw caught two men stealing second in yesterday's game. More candidates are needed for the nine, however, as B. S. Cogan '23, who held down the hot corner, has been declared ineligible, in spite of his receiving one B last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KEY MEN LOSE OPENING GAME OF SEASON TO SECOND FRESHMEN | 5/21/1921 | See Source »

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