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Such a man, rich, cultured, a Liberal yet "conservative," may be expected to proceed cautiously at Washington with his duties as one of those who will erect Britain's Third Empire...
Premier Poincaré, shrewd psychologist, able politician, has been putting off until the last possible moment the autumn session of the Chamber of Deputies and has thus gained time in which to proceed unhindered with his franc-saving program which has raised the franc from 40 to the dollar to 30 to the dollar, since the Chamber rose (TIME...
That to engage a motor vehicle for longer than an hour, or proceed in one more than five miles from Oxford, or fly in an airplane, was fractious...
...more vigilance and a nice ability to measure distances rapidly. "When a Freshman is near a Gate or Door belonging to College or College Yard he shall look around and observe whether any of his Superiors are coming within three rods he shall not enter without a signal to proceed. In passing up or down stairs or through an entry or any other narrow passage if a Freshman meets a superior he shall stop and give way leaving the most convenient side if on the stairs the Banister side...
Such rigorous actions, although no doubt performed in the best sincerity, are puerile; a nation is not to be corrupted as an innocent child; visitors may have dangerous ideas but until those ideas are expressed within the national boundaries they should be allowed to proceed in peace. Dismissal of an unruly guest is a far more civilized method of maintaining order than barring the door to all suspicious and unconventional applicants. The phrase "a free country" appears to have been lost in the jumble of distorted democracy. To allow radicals to enter the United States is not necessarily a proclamation...