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...Parliamentary position of this bill was most obscure. The Conservatives, sympathetic and bound by promises to the Ulsterites (people of Northern Ireland), are certain to move rejection of the bill; but the Liberals have already intimated that they will support the Government which means that it is sure to be passed in the Commons. To prevent passage of the bill, the Lords would have to move rejection and send the bill back to the Commons; and, as the Conservatives are in a majority in the Upper House, the motion would be sure to be carried if the latter voted...
...often wondered whether or not it was a joy to write funny poems. F. P. A., I know, works very diligently over his, pays particular attention to the rhythms and rhymes, is a meticulous versifier. Don Marquis writes in more robust mood. Arthur Guiterman is especially facile. His verses move rapidly. I imagine he writes them rapidly. That is often their chief charm as well as their great fault...
...griffins on top of the Fogg Museum are beginning to look worried, as they are the only other statuary left in the Yard which there is to move...
...submit to the bumps and spills which come to those who carry the ball will continue cool and clearheaded throughout a full game; a semi-standing line relying on the use of its hands is in a position to overlook the enemy line, size up, the play and move towards the point of attack; waiting ends are seldom boxed and are in a position to intercept those always dangerous semi-lateral passes toward the sidelines...
...Harvard indifference". In the opinion of the investigating committee, the chief trouble lay with the entering class, and was caused by the lack of any sort of organization. It will be the purpose of this committee to aid the formation of a spirit of class unity, and their first move in this direction will probably be a smoker in the near future...