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...award of the medal is made at irregular intervals to men who have done conspicuous service in bringing into the United States useful and valuable plants. In a letter which accompanied the medal, the Council of the American Genetic Association referred to Dr. Sargent as "easily the outstanding leader in the world of plant introduction...
...present," concluded Professor Stetson, "the theory satisfactorily accounts for the irregular processional motion of the orbit of Mercury, and for the displacement of starlight passing through the sun's magnetic field on its way to the earth. If the Einstein theory of relativity is conclusively established, as no doubt it will be, the change in human thinking caused will be as great as that upheaval caused by Copernicus in substituting the heliocentric for the geocentric system of planetary motion, or, in other words, in maintaining that the sun and not the earth is the center of the solar system...
Owing to the cessation of hostilities on the part of the Irregular troops, the news from Ireland is not, as has been usual, impregnated with sanguinary reports. Thus far the Republicans have kept faithfully their promise, contained in their recent note to the Free State Government...
...matter how the Free State govern-men may reply, however, the sun of rebellion is almost set. De Valera was the back-bone of the resistance and he has given up the fight; although it will doubtless take some time to clear the Irish fortresses of the irregular bands which are its plague spots. On the very day following that of the cessation of hostilities, the Dublin Railway station was blown up and a score of people injured; but from now on the Free State will have a fresh lease on life. It has recently applied for admission into...
Saavedra's claim to distinction rests with his importation of a German general and other officers (in spite of the Versailles Treaty). These officers put the entire Bolivian army under the guard of armed irregular forces. They also established a nationwide system of espionage which is said to be a wonder of perfection...