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...operation of rigid airships over land, as well as over the sea, is a proper and powerful function of the Navy...
Press Agents Flayed. "The function of any publicity man is to emphasize favorable news for his clients, and to suppress unfavorable news. Such a man renders no service to the public interested in the truth. Publicity is a blatant fraud upon the public, and the publicity agent commits an outrage when he colors news to suit his client's wishes"-James Wright Brown, Publisher of Editor and Publisher...
...sane and capable doctor of medicine puerile in their thinking, infantile in their action. But surely the great masses of any nation at any time could be considered childish from the angle of an individual maturity. Collections of mature minds often form a social group of puerile function. And there are yet in this country occasional vigorous and mature minds, even if the social group does appear ridiculous...
...answer states that "the question as it stands is meaningless, and there is no particular point in discussing it". The question is worded completely by the football star is, "that the Dartmouth is performing a function which is distasteful to the undergraduate body when it voices opinions obviously in conflict with that of the college at large, and should pursue a policy more in concurrence with the sentiment of the undergraduate body...
Throughout the week President von Hindenburg continued his desultory search for a new Chancellor (TIME, Dec. 14). Although the Luther cabinet has officially resigned, it continues to function according to German custom until a new Chancellor is appointed. Thus the government of the Deutsches Reich went on exactly as before...