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...Abilene last week knew that their only chance for life was to beat the greyhounds to the burlap at the far end of the field. Each rump-bobbing rabbit raced 150 yd. over the greensward before a brace of dogs leaped in pursuit. One dog wore a red knit collar, the other a white. From a tower the judge watched sharply to see which dog took the lead at the start, which turned the rabbit at a right angle, which made the kill. He raised a red or white flag to name the winner, doffed his hat to indicate...
...House Chaplain sonorously wound up his opening prayer one forenoon last week, a small frown knit the bushy brows of Speaker Joseph Wellington Byrns. The House was being criticized for its slow legislative pace-and somehow he was being held responsible (TIME, April 22). He realized that a crisis was at hand, for two spiced goblets threatened his legislative program: 1) the baseball season was scheduled to open that afternoon in Washington, and 2) members were agitating for a three-day recess over Good Friday...
...close-knit organization like the parent company in Louisiana. For Huey Long has, practically speaking, no personal friends in official Washington. He used to go out sometimes with Senator Wheeler until Senator Wheeler decided he had better keep to quieter company. Although he is on speaking terms with every Senator, there are few members who relish talking to him. He has openly threatened to campaign in the next election against Senators Robinson, Harrison and Bailey. As a whole the Senate dislikes and fears...
...When he met the dead patient's daughter it was mutual love at a glance, but she found out who he was. Their ways parted-it seemed, finally. But thanks to a crippled old clergyman, who was a perfect dynamo of spiritual energy, their stories began to knit together again. Like a beneficent spider Dean Harcourt sat in the midst of things, giving out his potent secret of the desperate flies that came into his parlor. His comforting message: The race of men is what counts, not the individual. Finally even Dr. Endicott got it: "No matter...
...field of creative writing. Obviously this tradition could only have been maintained through the consistent excellence of the English Department, particularly with regard to the elective composition courses offered to interested students. Professor Munn's recent reorganization of the department displays a laudable tendency toward a more closely knit field with regard to literature, but the only change in the somewhat decadent field of composition is in the naming of the courses...