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...locks where it could not be blown up without ruining the works. From a commercial standpoint he maintains that the Canal will become inadequate, estimating that it will have a traffic of 45,000,000 tons in 1934, and 135,000,000 tons in 1944, based on a normal traffic of 15,000,000 tons at present (last year, under unusual conditions, the traffic was 24,000,000 tons) ; the Canal's limitation at present is 126,000,000 tons because it is dependent for water on the Chagres river and its traffic, in a year of drought such...
...Such an address would truthfully express the general mind of the House and the decision of the electors, and would reduce and limit to normal constitutional dimensions the burden placed upon the Crown...
Whether or not it was wholly the fault of the play is difficult to determine. Certainly Miss Rambeau belied her extensive experience in the Theatre by displaying an unaccountable first-night nervousness She tangled her pronouns and completely disregarded the normal pronunciation of "thermometer." Others in a capable cast were manifestly disturbed by her curious demeanor...
...child be given a full tub bath?" "At what age should a child first laugh aloud?" "When should a child walk alone?" "How many teeth are there in the first set?" "Why should mothers nurse their children?" "Is rocking (in sleep) necessary?" "How much crying is normal for a very young baby?" "What is the cry of pain?-of hunger?-of temper?-of illness?-of indulgence or habit...
...will also admit that he does not like the life of a "grind". His own feeling of reaction after such periods of study shows him that to the normal young man such application is unnatural. He comes to the logical conclusion that while he may have wasted time away from his books, the "grind" is also wasting a good deal of valuable time over those same books...