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...that every available building must be utilized. Memorial Hall for such a purpose has as its greatest advantage its commodiousness. So far as space is concerned few buildings belonging to the University are more comfortable for writing during a three hour period. But it has drawbacks. The time-honored complaint has been that the lighting is abominable. Now this disadvantage has been superceded by the lack of proper heating. Yesterday Memorial Hall was so cold that everyone taking examinations there was distinctly uncomfortable. There can not be adequate reason for a condition of this sort. Unfortunately, due to architectural perculiarities...
...Virtue of Idleness." Irishman George William Russell ("AE") declared in Manhattan: "I've a complaint against he U. S. It arises out of Longfellow's 'Psalm of Life.' That poem is drilled into every child. They never forget . . . the line 'let us then be up and doing' and America has been 'up and doing' ever since. That is the cause of all your economic problems. You are working people so hard that you have, naturally, overproduction. You should cultivate the adorable virtue of idleness...
...police their demonstrations. He reported that the Gandhiwomen who picket shops selling British goods, and who fling themselves down to be trodden on by any Indian determined to enter, will stand aside for occidental shoppers. "The shopkeepers themselves signed a requisition to the effect that they made no complaint against this peaceful picketing, and for a time there were few arrests...
...ordinary layman," said the Honorable Justice, leaning back in his chair, "has little conception of the repulsive amount of false evidence that is given in court. Complaint is sometimes made of the length of legal proceedings. If perjury could be stopped the length of the trials would, in the large majority of cases, be incredibly short...
...Brooklyn, N. Y., Rose Provenzano, 19, jilted Ralph Ferrara, 20. He fired six shots at her (one hit her in the shoulder) and one at himself (it furrowed his scalp). She refused to sign a complaint. Said she: "I never realized how much Ralph loved me until he shot me. . . . I'm going to marry...