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...position is analogous to that of Leonard Wood in 1920; he is too good for the nomination. The situation which developed in 1920 may yet be repeated in 1928. You remember that at that time, after much wrangling, Harding, a practically unknown politician was nominated. Then in the interim between the convention and the election, a reputation was brewed up for him. A great many, of course, will always vote the straight Republican or Democratic ticket because their fathers did before them, and the party leaders are rarely disappointed in counting heavily on this group. Of course if a Harding...
...Harvard wrestling teams get into action this evening in their first contests after the interim of the mid-year examination period. With four new men in the line-up, the University grapplers are scheduled to take the mat against Springfield College at 8 o'clock in Hemenway Gymnasium. Holders of H. A. A. season tickets will be admitted to this event. The first year men travel to Watertown, Conn., where they will engage the wrestlers from Taft School...
...Maurice Houtart. At present the total "legal liability" of Germany to the allies stands fixed at 132 billion gold marks by the so-called "London Ultimatum" of 1921; but no one dreams that so huge a sum will ever be paid in full and the Dawes Plan functions ad interim to limit the sums which can be exacted from Germany in a given year...
Public Utilities. During the Miller interim (1921-1923) in the Smith regime, New York State took away from its municipalities their control over public utility contracts. Said Governor Smith: "All along I have stood for the right of a locality to regulate a public utility operating wholly within its borders...
...having held two other posts in the interim, he attended the Genoa conference and soon afterwards became ambassador to both China and Japan. It was while in the Orient that he contracted the disease that was so to torment him as to compel him to take his own life...