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...subject of the talk is not yet definitely known, but it is expected that Mr. Mansbridge will talk about the Labor tendencies in England and the likelihood of revolution in the near future. It is hoped that he will throw some light on the work of the Miners' Union, whose secretary is said to have been speaking in England to promote revolution...
...wiser now to be conciliatory. Next year one-third of the Senate comes up for reelection. They are senators who were elected in 1920, a Republican landslide year. There is no prospect of electing Republican Senators in any states where Republicans were not elected in 1920. Faced with the likelihood of losing several seats, the regular Republicans are anxious to preserve as many of their number as possible-and one of these is Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin. Lenroot is a regular and it is pretty well agreed that he cannot be elected if young Bob opposes him. Hence the overtures...
...changes are expected in Coach A. T. White's line-up, and the same eleven that faced Yale will in all likelihood face Haverford today...
...with featherweight instruments buoyed in air by small balloons; at another time he probed 60 feet deep in a snow-fed lake under the brow of Mount Whitney. Since it would take 10,000,000 volts to reproduce the ray artificially, Dr. Millikan points out that there is little likelihood of his discovery being utilized for some time to come. The Academicians were interested...
...election. A committee made up of men selected for their energy, ability, and enterprise can be of great influence in moulding the spirit of the class. On the other hand, a committee carelessly elected, composed of dull and lazy members, will soon become a body of no mark or likelihood dedicated to the purchase of magazines and ash trays for the common room, and little more. Wherefore it behooves the members of the Class of 1929 to realize the importance of todays' elections and to ponder carefully when they mark their ballots in today's elections...