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...Manner of Payment. "That part of the annual appropriation not required to meet the cash bonus or to pay policies maturing on account of death will be invested in Government bonds. The face value of the bonds thus acquired, plus the interest thereon reinvested will equal during the 20-year period the maturity value of the insurance policies, aggregating at the lowest estimate...
...seek the same end by emphasizing our differences. Not long ago Mr. Belloc was solving what he considers to be the Jewish problem by classifying the Jews as a distinct nation not to be confused with ordinary people. In The Contrast, he is proposing to solve in a similar manner what he has discovered to be the American problem. In the interest of peace, harmony and the comity of nations he sets out to prove the profundity of the contrast?physical, social, political, religious and literary?between the U.S. and Europe; and he proceeds, with all the humility and suavity...
...ringing performance of John Philip Sousa's latest composition, a cantata called The Last Crusade. Fortunately for all concerned, it contained a goodly sprinkling of genuine, new, Sousaesque marches. These marches, according to Stokowski's speech, represent "the real spirit of America in a dignified and intellectual manner." At any rate, they reached the heart of the audience, even though it was seated in between erstwhile counters of dress goods, tableware, notions...
...looking at the situation in the most optimistic way, this is the manner in which the Harvard adherent plans that his team will keep within gunshot of the Eli forces this afternoon...
...benefit of a heart to heart talk with Mr. F. H. Hoffman, of the Babson Institute, whose opinions on the mode of life enjoyed in at least one American university appeared in these columns not any weeks ago. An interview between Dr. Laird and Mr. Hoffman, after the manner of Berkeley's "Dialogues", should make interesting-reading...