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...closing of Congress. He presented it, not in great detail or with much explanation, but in comparative outline. He brought it to the Senate as a surprise, without preparing public opinion or political circles for its reception. He presented it as if it were a preparation for a later move...
...President on receiving the Ambassador said that he was sure Hanihara would do much to advance the common interests of his country and the United States. In replying the Japanese Ambassador delivered a message of good will from his Sovereign and said that he would " on all occasions, move in an atmosphere of sympathy, friendship, and under-standing...
...stockmarket easily proved the center of interest to the business world during the past week, which saw a remarkable succession of " million share days," and the most active trading since June, 1922. All the week the industrials climbed, and at length even the long lifeless rails likewise began to move upward. It is not improbable that the advent of March 4 and the termination of Congress played its part in the more optimistic view taken of the railroad industry; not until December next can the legislative threats of the Brookharts and Cappers be heard in official session. But apart from...
...comes England with a move towards easier divorce. A bill, likely to become law, provides that a wife need no longer prove cruelty and desertion in addition to adultery by the man, as has been required heretofore-although the man needs only to establish infidelity by the woman...
...rules of the game have been drawn up by Mr. Webster. He puts them down under the head of dancing: "To perform a regulated series of movements, commonly to music; to trip, to glide, or leap rhythmically. To move nimbly or merrily.--The complicated aerial movements of a swarm of some insects, as midgets, gnats, or certain butterflies." As applied tonight, the last section will be hardly necessary, but aside from that a definition of the movements allowed is important, especially the clause regarding tripping...