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...tearing telephone books in two." This is just another example of German boasting based upon bluff. Anyone can tear a telephone book in two if he knows the trick, which is as follows: Crease the book in the center with the thumbs until a triangle is formed. Then pull directly backward...
Harvard's Varsity nine will attempt to pull itself out of the hitting and fielding rut it is in, and haul itself from fourth position in the League at the expense of a Princeton team tomorrow at Soldiers Field at 3 o'clock. Another pitching duel, similar to the one fought last week between Bud Waldstein for the Crimson and Dan Carmichael of the Orange and Black, is expected...
...purring telephones and the endless shuffling of papers. One of them, lean, very tall (6 ft., 3½-in.), with a middle-parted mane of thick, snowy hair, cool, amused, shrewd eyes, was dressed conservatively and expensively, his crossed legs revealing old-fashioned high-lace shoes, with a boot pull at the back. The other, of medium height, fat, young, voluble, looked like an aggressive laundry bag; he was dressed as if various garments had been thrown on him as he hurried past...
...days and nights the troops maneuvered, "fighting" desperately-marching for hours, sleeping in uniform, attacking in realistic attitudes, simulating war up to the very trigger-pull. The defenders discovered the "Nazis' " main attack, concentrated at the strategic point, hemmed in the invaders, and in a vast tank battle drove them back to the sea. Then the weary, wiser troops went to bed, hopeful that the real performance would not differ much from the dress rehearsal...
...period of widespread hypocrisy, it is encouraging to find a man who will speak to the public as simply and straightforwardly as did President Conant in his most recent address. His case for intervention was stated again, with the meticulous care of a chemical analysis. He didn't pull any punches, any more than he has before. This time it would have been pointless anyhow, for people no longer tremble when a lion of courage urges immediate war. Did not President Roosevelt on the same day declare that the United States stands "ever ready to fight again" for democracy throughout...