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...tumbling Errol is the principal object of art in some extremely decorative snapshots of musical-comedy France. The comedian seems a bit less springy than formerly, for constant falls have not taken the jar off his spine. But he is as potent as ever in his tipsy dizziness, his skittish gallop. Beneath its bald dome, his elastic face is still fluent with its infantile grimaces...
...object of sealing the tomb is to enable Dr. Reisner to utilize his experience in recording this unique discovery. Nothing has been touched inside the tomb. Those who have seen the find have only looked in from the doorway at the bottom of the 80 foot shaft. The date of Dr. Reisner's return to Egypt has not yet been determined...
...horsepower locomotive may weigh 20 or 30 tons. A small Ford motor weighs over 200 pounds and develops only 25 horsepower or so. The Liberty motor weighs 873 pounds for its 400 horsepower, i. e. a little over two pounds per horsepower. The great object of the aero-engine design is to achieve the truly wonderful goal of one pound per horsepower. This is almost attained by the two new Packard motors, descriptions of which have just been made public by Mr. Macauley. The smaller of the two develops 500 horsepower at 2,000 revolutions per minute and weighs...
...management has made an urgent request that all men who intend to try out for the Freshman team this spring report tonight. The primary object of this meeting will be to explain the plans for the season and to get the names of the candidates, who will be asked to sign cards giving their position experience, and so forth...
...Germans entered Rumania, occupied the whole country. General Ludendorff called this a most important step. Germany had no intention of annexing Rumania; she had likewise no intention of occupying the country for love. Her object was food; but that was for the starving German people. Then there were still the German soldiers to be paid and there was a Reichsbank at Berlin groaning under a terrible burden of debt. It was decided that the Rumanian Government must pay for the costs of the German occupation; but there was no Rumanian Government?it had fled. Thus, it came to pass that...