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...piloted their Fokker T-2 in a country of forests, ravines and canyons, treacherous air currents, and at one point flew most dangerously between the walls of a deep canyon. Yet they pronounced their flight " humdrum," and landed in perfect condition-except for hearing slightly affected by the continuous roar of the motor...
...whip Voltaire's poor old-Candide because he had merely seen a Portuguese eat a piece of bacon. Now it is the astronomer's turn to be whipped. And some people even hope that jazz and the hip-hoorah of modern Pep will drown the roar of the sidereal universe. None of these, of course, considers that one shift of the celestial pole in a mere 25,000 years will make grass grow on the present north pole and put jelly fish in even the most modern of our office buildings...
...people from the hereditary janitors down to the sovereigns of the wrench and the nut. When it reaches the last named arbiters of human progress, the machinery, being neglected, will jam, whereupon the lights will go out. The growl of argument will then change to one great roar of anger...
...seem futile and congratulations trite; to those unfortunates who missed one of the opportunities of their lives further comment may seem additionally cruel. Yet to refrain from congratulations to Captain Buell, Coach Fisher and the team after Saturday is impossible, and the CRIMSON adds one more note to the roar of rejoicing that still continues nearly forty-eight hours after the final whistle...
Tiger comes down with roar and claw: he hopes to win today...