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...replete with prosecutions, in all of which the picture of a tyrannical and brutal trial judge occupies the most lurid position in the public mind. Especially the prosecutions in Ireland toward the close of the eighteenth century at the crucial stage of the American legal system threw its dark cloud upon the young nation looking for guidance. Consequently, in view of the abominations perpetrated under the name of the common law judges of Great Britain and the popular prejudice of the times against them, it is small wonder that the American attitude of regarding the unrestrained common law judge...
Within the show price became of little import. The beauty of car bodies drew attention, the mechanics of motors drew questions. Body colors were brilliant on almost every car. Effective was the Reo Flying Cloud phaeton, grey with red line striping and with red leather upholstery. Effective too was the Cadillac touring car finished in cream & gold and with pigskin upholstery...
...Pont 3400. Cloud...
...history of her growth and change is divided into three episodes, each with a new background, a new partner. The first episode has for its background a smart summer town in Maine and for Claire's partner a youth whose adolescent romanticism is as vapid as a cloud. When, to impress his faithless inamorata, Nelson Smock paddled his canoe into the surf beyond the inshore calm, she, riding by in a motorboat with a different gallant, remained gay and callous. " 'Nelson,' Claire called, 'you have'nt any idea how funny you look...
...beginning of the World War. Meanwhile, as the good ship sails on, tempests are brewing for the next election, which must come not later than 1929. A Liberal cloud, once "no bigger than a man's hand," is swelling notably puffed by the "Hearst of England," Lord Rothermere, who recently shifted his always opportunist support from Stanley Baldwin to David Lloyd George (TIME, Nov. 7). Since Labor is not likely to emerge weakened from the coming conflict, a Liberal resurgence would slash deep into the Conservative majority. Before such a slash is attempted, Stanley Baldwin, most negative of British...