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Then Mr. Mellon asked the country : " Which will you have-tax cut or bonus ? " " Tax cut! " shouted the business man. " Bonus! " shouted the American Legion in a voice that was large before but now seemed small by comparison. It behooved politicians to about face. The maneuver was delicate...
...Significance. A book in the great manner-subject and portrayal -in its finest passages challenging comparison with the best Elizabethan prose, and yet with an individual, mountainous strength of its own, characteristically craggy, occasionally monotonous, not easy reading-but once made one's own, a permanent enrichment to the mind. As for its truth, Colonel T. E. Lawrence* says in his preface: " It is the first and indispensable work upon the Arabs of the desert . . . here you have the desert . . . the true Arabia with its smells and dirt . . . its nobility and freedom...
...Harvard and Yale University football teams will be practically equal in weight and size this afternoon according to a comparison of the probable line-ups. Figures show that in no department do the two teams differ in weight by more than three pounds...
...direct comparison of the Harvard and Yale elevens throughout their seasons to date shows unmistakably that the Bulldog team has played the better football all along, although going through a tougher list of opponents, and has shown a remarkable scoring power which has netted the Blue over 200 points. The Harvard season, on the other hand, has been marked by a distinct lack of any offensive power. The eleven developed slowly and it was not until the Princeton game that it showed the high quality of finish and co-ordination commonly associated with Crimson teams. Moreover, Yale is to date...
...only direct comparison with the Crimson is through the Montclair team which Pennsylvania disposed of easily 5-0. Princeton won with difficulty from Montclair 2-0, but overwhelmed the University last week 6-2. These figures seem to indicate that Pennsylvania is by far the strongest team the Crimson has faced this year. Although there is a great weaknes in the general team-work, the individual departments of the team are very strong...