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...spite of gracious hours spent under Back Bay auspices, this exposure of the debutante business might well be considered pertinent in University circles. It seems rather sad that such vast organization should be required before the shrinking bud can be successfully plucked. It seems almost tragic that the personal element should be lost in the giant network of the matrimonial market. If the present racket should develop consistently, obviously the next step is to establish a black-board and ticker tape at the Somerset in direct communication with a subsidiary machine at University Hall...
...iodine, the other element yet to be isolated, belongs to the halogen group- with fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine...
...Sanskrit for one or first, is a prefix applied to the first undiscovered element in a group of the periodic system...
...mechanical accuracy the more common cases of inflected nouns in Sanskrit are accented on the stem, while less used cases, genitive and dative for example, are accented on the endings to aid the hearer's ear. "For man's tendency to laziness," says Zipf, "will prevent his accenting any element in language which his hearer will understand with cut accent...
...near Vichy, France. The man becomes practically convinced that reunion is desirable. The woman feels sure it is not. Their differences are settled when she is killed in the collapse of a hotel elevator. This florid metal grill contrivance, in the best open Gallic style, is the most interesting element, architectural or personal, in the play...