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...obviously not be bestowed on incompetents like Sykes. That they are is due largely to the preposterous trust that America reposes in education, especially foreign education. In turning the sharp light of his wit upon such individual cases, Mr. Axelgaard has probably given many a college a well-timed pinch where pinches might well have been administered before...
...contrasted with the Liberal's and Conservatives, who were bound to unmeaning doctrines by tradition. In office, however, it did not act on the principles which it had confessed as His Majesty's Opposition, and came dangerously near to proving the Communist indictment, that socialism will always, in a pinch, stoop to the grossest opportunism. However, the facts that a Labor Cabinet has never had a majority in the House of Commons, and that the Party is a combination of elements never in accord on the subject of socialism, explain its previous cunctatory policy toward the social reforms which...
Behind such familiar externals this year's meeting was different. The rank & file of the Legion's million members are feeling the pinch of hard times. They, as veterans, think the Government owes them something. They have collected 50% on their Bonus certificates as loans. Now they want the balance. With the instinct of buck privates they are tired of being led by well-to-do officers who seem to be taking orders from the White House. Organized originally as an explicitly non-political body, they have, through the exhortations of ambitious leaders and the promises of office-seeking politicians...
...from Ambrose Lightship to Plymouth. The Europa is 49,746 tons, both average about 26 knots. Italy's new Conte di Savoia has not yet had her speed trials, but like the Rex she is expected to cruise at about 27 knots, in a pinch turn up 29 knots. She is equipped with three giant gyroscopes to minimize roll. But like any ship, she will pitch. The super-Ile de France, expected to maiden-voyage in 1934. will be the world's biggest and fastest liner. Her plans call for a displacement of over 75,000 tons...
Clearly Dictator Stalin, on reaching Moscow, had studied Russia's vital statistics, deciding at a glance that the Soviet Union faces a food shortage this winter which will bring back memories of her dread Famine Year, 1921. Correspondents, soon to feel the pinch, filled their despatches last week with stomach-crisis facts...