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...annotated by Shaw. But the annotations were those of Shaw's father-in-law, Horace Payne-Townshend of Derry County, Cork. Satirist Shaw has never read the "Essay," and he does "not disfigure books by underlining them." His practice "is to make a very light dot in the margin with a pencil-tip and note the page number on the end of a slip of paper...
...other two crews, but by the time the half-mile mark was reached the Sophomores had gained the lead, closely followed by the Seniors. At the Harvard Bridge the Senior eight raised the stroke and pulled steadily ahead of the Sophomore crew till they had a length's margin at the finish line. The Juniors took the third place when the Seniors jumped into the lead at the bridge, and dropped behind slowly to finish a little over a length behind the Sophomore eight...
Last October-just before the election-President Coolidge announced that he was troubled by the prospect of a deficit next June 30. He could see only the "narrowest margin between revenue and expenditures." An air of anxiety, if not gloom, was thus cast over the Treasury-in voters' minds. The conservative conclusion could only be: If a deficit threatens, let us not change horses, i.e., political party control, in midstream. The President's announcement was also used as a fiscal hackamore to make Congress stand hitched...
...what rate will sell an issue), or offering an issue at too low a rate with the result that it would not be subscribed. The non-interest bearing certificates would simply be sold to the highest bidders and the rate of interest automatically fixed at the closest margin possible. The present law which forbids offering Treasury certificates at below par would have to be amended to permit this practice...
...riders were greatly handicapped by the absence of their accustomed mounts, the 12 best ponies owned by Harvard having been shipped to New York in anticipation of the National Indoor Championships in which the University team will compete next Thursday. The Gunners started off vigorously and held a fair margin throughout the first four chukkers. During the fifth period, however, Captain Crispin Cooke '32 of the Harvard horsemen scored two goals and squared the score at five...