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Congressmen, working in the shadow of the gavel which terminated the last session of the 68th Congress, finally passed a bill to increase postal pay and postal rates.- The last fierce struggle took place in the Senate. A score of Senators rose to denounce the bill. Particularly bitter were they because it provided a two-cent service charge on every parcels post package-a charge which they declared was robbery of the farmers. A roll call was taken. The bill passed 69 to 12. The twelve negatives came from Senators Borah, Brookhart, Howell, Norbeck-Republicans ; and Bruce, Dial. George, Glass...
...group posed, with the sterile absurdity of wax figures, about a table; a bristling gendarme, unable to decide whether to arrest a reveller or have a drink with him; a deputy compounded of a too-small black hat and too many brown whiskers; a lady with a green shadow upon her face...
...best way to dispel idle rumors is to meet them openly, and Coach Stevens has wisely employed this means to show that all misinformation concerning crew is empty shadow. With such assurance and with the hearty interest of all undergraduates in the welfare of crew, the 1925 season opens auspiciously. May each crew candidate for the coveted positions have success measured in the words of the inscription on Portia's leaden casket: "As much as he deserves...
Although the eclipse took the greater part of one day, the moving shadow of the moon tarried over no place on the earth's surface for longer than two minutes. In that brief time, scientists observed and recorded in mad haste...
...That shadow bands-moving shadows seen on snow and other light objects were very well observed; when a final analysis is made of all observations it seems probable that the theory will be confirmed that the shadow bands are caused by the Earth's atmosphere...