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Despite the sticking plaster, his right eye still clamped with a firm grip his internationally famed monocle. As he entrained at London the Foreign Secretary's left arm clamped with equal firmness a copy of British Foreign Secretaries, a study of eleven statesmen from...
...CRIMSON remains firm in its belief that the custom of "eating around" is on the decline. The proposal which it backed may not have been the correct one, it is obviously not the popular one. It was, nevertheless, an attempt and as such cannot be considered futile. Only by investigation will better conditions be reached. Failure in one experiment does not prophesy failure...
...Harvard Board of Overseers and President of the Board of the Northern Pacific Railroad; T. W. Lamont '92 of J. P. Morgan and Company; J. P. Morgan '89 of J. P. Morgan and Company; James Simpson, President of Marshall Field and Company; H. N. Straus '03 of the firm of R. H. Macy and Company; and Gerard Swope, President of the General Electric Company...
...asked to do so. It will supply information, if asked, as to the best broom, or the cheapest broom, or the broom that is the best value for the money. Or it will buy a particular, specified broom it will buy a specified broom from a specified firm. If not otherwise instructed, it will use its best judgment in buying brooms. It will arrange to have salesmen call on the department with sample brooms for selection. It will have brooms sent on trial. It will advise department heads and secretaries where they themselves can go and select their broom...
...Bancroft has an inclination to buckle, to screw at the finish, and does not always get his hands out properly. Brigham does not set his shoulders firm at the catch, and he lets them give when he takes hold. At times he fails to get his arms straight at the end of the recover. He also has an awkward habit of sticking his elbows out at the finish. LeMoyne is the shortest and lightest candidate, but does his full share of the work; should he part with his faults, he will make an efficient oar Jacobs is doing well...