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...foot with a "forward- looking document." President Taft, after ordering the clause on the recall of judges removed, signed the new constitution. Arizona became a state; Mr. Hunt became Governor, forthwith added the recall as an amendment. His career has been both stormy and paradoxical- hated by many, but seldom defeated, silent but aggressive, timid among friends but fearless among enemies, lusty cowpuncher foe of gamblers. Even his mustache is a paradox-once frowsy, now neatly waxed...
...these days, ocean tourists seldom venture upon ships of less than 10,000 tons.* Last week a tiny destroyer of 800 tons was launched at Kiel. She represents the concentrated efforts of German naval architects to overcome the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. Within her dagger-thin hull will pulse engines of 23,000 horsepower. Slicing the waves at 36.8 miles an hour (32 knots), equipped with double torpedo tubes, the new ship is a formidable naval weapon despite her popgun batteries of 8.8-centime-tre (3.4-inch) quick firers...
...generations ago, this scene, but one of the mornings of last week. The buffalo, some of the last in the world, were restive because the day before, to their retreat on the rugged northern end of Antelope Island, had come a smell that they had seldom known but instinctively feared-men and horses...
...idle youngster throws a stone, a young man is blinded for life. Almost Russian in its intensity, this novel by a very young man possesses a depth of thought and a stark revelation of the human soul seldom found in English or American writers...
...recent Tiger outfits in Harvard encounters. Slagle, who had been held in reserve during all of the early season games, upset all the pre-game dope by starting and playing until the final minutes of play. He led the Tiger attack with his passing and running and, although he seldom got away for long gains, was a constant threat and menace to Harvard peace of mind...