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...months since Caillaux, a hawk-nosed, bald-pated man with an aristocratic bearing and a pair of dark, shrewd, inquisitive eyes, was liberated from the banishment to which he was sentenced in 1920 by the Senatorial High Court (TIME, Dec. 1). He immediately went to Paris and began forthwith to pull political strings. He reminded the enthusiastic Radicals and Socialists who greeted him as a prodigal son that he was and always has been a moderate Republican. It was a shrewd bid for power, for Caillaux knew that he could never appear before the Senate with any hope of victory...
...fists like mauls. At every swing, the opponent eluded, the empty air mocked the flailing fists. Desperate, Martin fell into a clinch, bent, as if whispering, to his opponent's ear. From this organ instantly spurted a scarlet jet of blood. "He bit me," yelled the astonished victim. Forthwith, the referee stopped the bout, awarded the decision to the bitten individual, one Joseph Celmars...
Said Mme. Tetrazzini to The Evening Standard, "I shall come, nor shall any obstacle, even the Italian railways, be too great." Forthwith- that is to say, as soon as her trunks had been packed, accommodations reserved, her voice tested, the servants instructed, telegrams despatched, tickets bought and after a great deal more excitement and fussing had worn the edge off several days- she set out for the two-day trip to London...
...these gentry, Edward L. Doheny registered protest. His lawyer addressed a letter to the editors of The Lampoon, who forthwith stated: "In a recent issue of The Lampoon, the name of Doheny was printed in connection with certain other names upon the entablature of the pediment of a temple upon the first page of the issue. We take this opportunity of withdrawing any possible unpleasant inference...
From Colgate University there graduated, in 1906, one Raymond E. Brookes. He forthwith entered business, succeeded in becoming President of the R. E. Brookes Co., Manhattan, which makes machinery for constructing dams, roads, concrete bridges. Last week, came the announcement that he has resigned as President of his company so that he might become executive secretary to the Colgate Alumni Association. At a salary equal to about one-eighth of what he made annually in his business, he will direct the Alumni Association in its efforts to "assist university administration" and "to influence the best boys to go to Colgate...