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...year, yes, but also a year when all Americans who believe in the possibilities of the human mind for further progress, happiness and common benefit should stand firm and resist the forces of retrogression. President Conant ended his address--one of the best he has yet made--with a declaration which should awaken a virile response both inside and outside of the Harvard brotherhood. --The Boston Herald
Mysteries. Tokyo has one of the world's most up-to-date Metropolitan Police Buildings, a modernistic affair especially built to resist sudden attack. Yet (Continued on page 25) by dawn, without a shot having been fired in attack or defense, it was in the hands of young mustards...
...equipment trust certificates to be sold by two of U. S. Steel's railroad subsidiaries for the purchase of freight cars, the bulk of corporate financing is still refunding-swapping new money for old.* Interest rates are so low that almost no solvent corporation can resist the temptation to call in old high-coupon bonds, pay them off with cheap funds...
...vital British interests exist in Ethiopia or its neighborhood sufficient to oblige His Majesty's Government to resist a conquest of Ethiopia by Italy. Italian control over Ethiopia would from some viewpoints be advantageous for Britain. . . . From certain other viewpoints it would not. Speaking in a general sense, as far as local British interests are concerned, it is a matter of indifference whether Ethiopia remains independent or is absorbed by Italy...
There was Three-Fingered Garcia, who could not resist yanking Chinese by their cues before slitting their throats; "Jack William's Ghost," who gave brandy to passengers while he took their riches; Tom Poole, Monterey undersheriff who went bad; Cochise the Apache and his raiding band and, greatest of all, Black Bart...