Word: proof
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Such was the story which last week bubbled to the surface of Prohibition news. Charges were made that the U. S. Customs service at New York was lax and incompetent. The Pratt champagne case was cited as proof. The yeast behind the bubbling was, of course, Politics. Against Mr. Pratt were these undenied charges: He had arranged to pay the Go-Bart Co. of New York $14,000 to smuggle in $25,000 worth of champagne purchased in France. The U. S. agent for the champagne was Count Maxence de Polignac, member of one of France's oldest noble...
This version would reconcile the statistical proof with the more prevalent undergraduate opinion that ninety-five per cent of "the Radcliffe women" do not marry at all. Cordially yours, E. Jandron...
This is a mistake. At first glance, one detects something wrong here. And the reason is that the "statistical proof" is carelessly (?) worded. Properly rendered, the statistic reads thus: ".... 57 per cent of the Radcliffe women who marry at all marry Harvard...
...bankrupt because of inefficient management and the high cost of protection of life and limb, and the gang wars continue their campaign of terrorization. Ten years of prohibition has resulted in the loss of thousands of lives, the introduction of machine guns, armored cars and well-trained killers. Bullet-proof vests are still very much the vogue among all experienced racketeers. Every worthwhile gangster carries his revolver and the necessary accessories...
...which appears in the issue of the CRIMSON for January 31, 1930. In your column, "The Mail", there is a communication which, aside from its inconclusiveness and characteristically Radcliffian futility, is misleading. It contains an argument, the merits of which are not in question here, supported by alleged "statistical proof". I quote this proof: ".... 57 per cent of the Radcliffe women marry Harvard...