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...rail for a run of 163, then carelessly missed the first ball in an easy carom. It was Poensgen's turn to be nervous. He sniffed at a glass of ice-water, stared warily at the ceiling, plucked at the sleeves of his tight black silk jacket. His longest runs were 50 and 12. Soussa...
...unemployment resulting from technological changes rests on industry but that it is shared by that industrial civilization as a whole which "invites or rather coerces the individual to surrender his independence and to become dependent for our sakes." At Williamstown last summer, he expressed opposition to the "strait-jacket of world economic planning" and faith in a system based primarily on individual initiative. But that this is not identical with an outworn laissez-faire theory is indicated by the following: "Our own capitalistic system obviously needs modification...There are large areas of new relations, of old relations expanded into...
Little phased by the usual complication of such a tale, however, the Barrymores seem equally at home in the huge hallways, the three-story Gothic arches, and the long expanses of stairways of the Gourney-Martin country house. The ease with which John, clad in a smoking jacket, pipe in mouth, opens massive oaken doorways and closes them noiselessly, tiptoes softly along the great corridors, and the grace and agility with which he slides down the huge, smooth stone bannisters are a pleasure to watch. One can almost smell the fragrance of his pipe as he leans over the rail...
...commentary on the political campaigns of this country when a candidate for the Presidency is almost forced to allow biographies of this type to be published and circulated. The jacket of this book says that Governor Roosevelt himself road the proofs. If he actually did his tongue must have amused caused callouses in his check. It is frankly a campaign biography the second to appear purporting to give all the facts on the life of the Squire of Hyde Park, but in good romantic fashion...
...President Harding. A troop of advisers, technical experts, aides and clerks accompanied them. Also, several peace organizations sent along unofficial delegates of their own. Peace petitions were signed and loaded aboard. When the ship sailed Aviatrix Ruth Nichols flew round the masts clad in a purple leather jacket, went aboard at Quarantine and presented Delegate Woolley with two large bunches of spring flowers. The Federal Council of Churches gave the delegates its blessing and called for a nation-wide Day of Prayer in their behalf...