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That a formality among "Keys" men is wearing their pins at all times, in all places: in swimming, inside the bathing suit; in bed, upon the pajamas; bathing, in the hand or mouth. (It is said that once a pin was swallowed, causing its owner excruciating pain and a long journey to find a doctor to whom he could speak freely...
...Friends are here," Mme. Paderewski told him one afternoon last week, straightened his pillows, helped him into a faded, favorite bathrobe, and opened the door for a delegation of the American Legion, headed by National Commander John R. McQuigg. They had come to pin on him a Distinguished Service Medal suspended by a ribbon from a gold crossbar containing 74 diamonds...
...taxes. 3) Several Opposition bills to impeach Premier Wakatsuki, who thankfully retired from the session to rest and pursue yet another of his hobbies: the writing of poetry. Once he wrote: I take a leaf from Yuan Hsien* Who even in poverty enjoyed sports; A lingering thought to Chen-pin,* Who, with high ideals and thoughts. Always refrained from self-laudation. As a statesman of fiery zeal I admire Clemenceau ; As a gentle-souled Premier, I respect Gladstone...
...Significance. While these intentionally high-flown phrases cannot be said to pin down either side to anything, they were interreted very generally as follows...
Draped in the flowing garments of old India, with a pink muslim toga, which he called "The Robe of Light," looped up on his left shoul der and fastened there with a jeweled pin, an ancient Buddhist priest trod the deck of an ocean liner in New York Harbor. At his feet sa a throng of disciples, catching words of wisdom and blessednes as they fell. Crowding closer cam newspaper reporters, to whom tn ancient one declared that his name was Avagarika Hewarritaina Dharmapala, the central portion of which meant "wanderer," which was what he liked best to be called...