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...children would not take their naps this afternoon," says the Mrs. The Chewy goes at the second turn of the starter and I'm out over the cattle guard and the culvert over the first irrigation ditch. Over a second, third and fourth, all graded as the ditch beds are above the valley here. Now to step on it. First mile gone, slow down for another grade culvert, the second mile nearly a straightaway. Indian wagon raising an infernal dust is soon past. A glance to the left at the sun setting over cotton fields and scattered palms, bare...
...constructed an elaborate and circumstantial grouping of ambiguities, with frequent mention of the two words in the question. Then he handed in his paper, and walked away, somewhat down in the mouth. When the paper was handed back, he was astonished to perceive that it had received a grade of nine out of a possible ten; the figure nine, he affirms, was written in a puzzled and trembling hand...
...classroom and watched Son Vasya wave his hand anxiously at his motherly-looking, sixtyish grammar teacher for a chance to recite. Not until late in the lesson did she call on him. Then he answered correctly in a bashful voice, hastily sat down. Vasya is in the fifth grade (equivalent of a U. S. seventh grade) while his seven-year-old sister Svetlana is in the first grade (U. S. second). They go to school, not in a Government limousine, but as their mother used to travel, in Moscow's overcrowded tramcars. In the main floor corridor they daily...
...lower price . . . than purchasers competitively engaged in said line of commerce, and also by giving and allowing Sears, Roebuck & Co. certain secret rebates or discounts ... in the form of cash and valuable stock bonuses. "This discrimination in price has not been made . . . on account of differences in grade, quality, or quantity . . . nor . . . in the cost of selling or transportation . . . nor . . . in good faith to meet competition...
...could forgive Whitney if we could forget the West Point and the Brown games of last year, but Allie Sherman seems to be a real comer. He is fast, heavy enough and heady enough and ought to make the grade. Barrett? He's a question mark. He's been up in team A during the last week but our memories are strained in trying to remember what he did last year...