Word: loudnesses
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Canada's long heralded and hotly contested general election (TIME, Sept. 21) took place last week, and loud were the rejoicings of Conservatives when that genial Liberal, Premier Mackenzie King, and nine of his Cabinet failed even to secure seats for themselves in Parliament...
...that China, "a sovereign power," should be restricted in setting her own tariff schedules. Marshal Tuan Chi-Jui, "Chief Executive" of China, delivered himself to much the same effect. Then up rose Dr. Cheng Ting Wang, a graduate of Yale University, sometime Premier and Foreign Minister of China. In loud clear tones, speaking in flawless English, he outlined China's specific proposals to the Powers...
...suddenly gives a loud cry and falls to the ground with rolling eyes, dilated pupils and a countenance first pale, then livid, to lie there writhing as if in the clutches of an invisible but murderous wrestler who twists his head in a series of jerks toward one or other shoulder, screws his limbs, contorts his body-a demon who causes him to bite his own tongue, eject the contents of his bowels and bladder, to bubble at the mouth with foam until his aspect becomes so shocking that it may well induce a similar attack in the beholder-this...
Although the radio will be used to secure the returns, the audience will not hear the reports. The grid-graph takes a few seconds to operate, and is therefore a play behind the radio. Were the two to be used simultaneously, the result would be confusing, and therefore no loud speaker will be attached to the Union wireless...
Harvard men have a curious theory that loud and continual repetition of the name of their institution will excite their athletes to such a degree that nothing can withstand them. The Harvard cheer, therefore, consists of braying repetition of the word "Harvard," mixed with a stammer of rah-rahs. Wretched interference and a missed try for goal discredited cheer and theory in favor of a stout team from Holy Cross. Score: Holy Cross 7; Harvard...