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...Pulitzer Prize with an editorial arguing that the reason Nebraska regularly re-elected Norris was that through him it could take a slap at the East. Since then this idea has gained much currency, but unfortunately almost no Nebraskans subscribe to it. They do not mind political irregularity for they are themselves politically irregular, frequently electing Democratic Governors at the same time that they vote Republican in national elections. Senator Norris, who has never had a political organization at home, has generally a more powerful individual appeal. His insurgency and his opponent's anger nearly always make...
...over a period of 5¼ hr. If this was the period of its rotation, the variation might have been due to one side being much darker than the other -or to the end-over-end spinning of an, object which was not spheroid like big planets but an irregular, elongated fragment...
...them in Ochsner's name in return for a 10% interest, which was legitimate practice, Daugherty knowing land office ropes which Ochsner did not. Indeed, Ochsner tried to file his own claims-after looking at Daugherty's papers-but the land office found them so irregular that the application was refused. After that Ochsner came to an understanding with Daugherty, though the geologist never got to the point of signing his name. And once while Daugherty was away on a trip, Ochsner sold the claims, which eventually wound up with General Petroleum. Of course, Ochsner retained the royalty...
...major sport 20 years before, was in its infancy. Norwegian skiers skied standing up straight. After he had learned to ski on barrel staves, used them to win a race for which the prize was his first pair of real skis. Hannes Schneider decided that, for long, steep, irregular Alpine slopes, standing up straight on skis was impractical. He started to ski in a crouch. In the next 30 years skiing in a crouch not only became the accepted way to ski but, by making skiing easier, made it popular all over the world. Hired as a ski teacher...
...prosecuting attorney. Born in Monroe, Wis. 70 years ago, Satirist Art Young has been sensitive to but never suffered from the things which have made George Grosz hail with delight his bourgeois cottage and his refrigerator. Still hale & hearty. Artist Young's private life is consciously bohemian and irregular and he is devoid of real hatred. Typical of his line, his satire and his personality is his drawing of himself lecturing before a woefully empty hall. One bored listener is getting up to walk out. Caption: The Uprising of the Proletariat...