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...outcome of the trial, which gripped all Europe, was regarded by the Jews as establishing proof of the horrors perpetrated against their co-religionists in the Ukraine under the dictatorship of Simon Petlura; radical opinion rejoiced, but the conservatives saw justice flouted and the decorum of the French courts immeasurably impaired...
...becoming more receptive to good drama at the present time "What the public wants now," he said, "is enormous action. This is largely the reason for the disinclination of the dramatic public to attend the theatre of literary drama; they prefer to stay at home and read. Further proof of the love of action is the enormous popularity of motion pictures...
...opinion," said Senator Fess after what the press called his "scolding," "that the mere fact that the President does not say something more in face of the general public clamor, is proof enough that he intends to accept the nomination when it is offered to him. . . . It is the Coolidge way of doing things; it is the Coolidge psychology...
...necessary, without positive proof, to blame hidden influences for the silence of the press in such a case. Mr. McCullough--granting that his opinion on Mexican affairs may carry weight--does not make sufficient allowance for the nature of a modern newspaper. Marvellous, in its completeness and accuracy, as the spotlight of publicity may be, it shifts, like all spotlights from one part of the stage to another, leaving now Nicaragua, now Mexico, now Ohina in total darkness after a brief if brilliant illumination. History however goes on being made in the dark. Such charges are a challenge to journalism...
...reviewer's attitude is correct. In giving the impression of permanence and of unruffled solidity not, it may be said, density the Advocate is acting not only as a vehicle for undergraduate expression but also as a proof of general undergraduate sanity. Under the present board, which is continuing the trend of the boards of the last two years, the magazine is neither lush nor derivative of the worst of Greenwich village...