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...barge swept up and down the Charles with each new set of candidates. This total lack of symmetry is explained by the fact that none of the oarsmen ever rowed in a shell, and the resemblance they bore to the sweep-swinger slaves in the "Sea-Hawk" will probably disappear after a few weeks more under Coach Haines. The "Leviathan" has proved a successful invention, however, and is sure to become a permanent institution in Harvard rowing circles. Freshmen will row regularly in this barge during the next two weeks...
...peculiar features of the banking business is the occasional leaving of funds in banks by persons who disappear and never claim them. New York banks are said to hold about $5 million of unclaimed de- posits in this way. Under the law, deposits unclaimed for 20 years must be publicly advertised...
...having an "easy time"- though working feverishly all day, overhauling their motors, reconditioning their planes-and purchasing new cold-weather outfits for their passage over the North Atlantic. Woolen underwear and fur-lined coats spell many gallons of gasoline. Everything unessential must be discarded, and even safety razors must disappear. Their fellow citizens will welcome gallant officers who are heavily bewhiskered...
Storm clouds cannot last forever. Sooner or later, having discharged their thunder, they must disappear. The past week saw the beginning of the dissipation of the black Matteotti storm which has convulsed Italy with conflicting emotions for a month (TIME, June...
What could disprove the notion of the Shenandoah being a fair-weather craft more happily than this? A moonless night, a heavy thunderstorm, two sessions of heavy fog?none of these seemed to have bothered the ship very much. The difficulty in landing "light" will certainly disappear when the ballast recovery apparatus has been attached to every engine...