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...afternoon last week, just as the night shift was going down to its subterranean duty, a convulsion shook the galleries, a blast of air rushed up the shafts followed by a belch of hot, black smoke. The night men scrambled back for safety. Some were killed in the tunnels by falling roofs. Some bratticed themselves in offsets and telephoned for help. Then came the deadly "afterdamp" (carbon monoxide...
...which leaves to a vote of the audience decisions in all League debates marks an improvement in the mechanics of this exercise. Not only will the audience cast its vote at the conclusion of the debate, but it will ballot on the question before the discussion starts. A decided shift in opinion in the second vote from the first will indicate a new conviction on the part of the audience, a conviction established by the arguments of one debating team...
...variety of trinkets, knicknacks, whatnots, folderols, and hygienic equipment dexterously, they can also rub a powder down with mortar and pestle, fill a capsule, roll a pill, brew an effusion. Nineteen out of twenty Boots employees have never worked elsewhere. Employees of U. S. chain drug stores constantly shift their jobs...
...Macllale '31 is slated to demound duty against the Crusaders, with Robert Gilmore '31 serving in the relief role. A shift in the Crimson lineup sends S. L. Batchelder '31 from first to the catcher's position, while B. H. Ticknor '31 will take care of the initial sack A. D. Weeks '31 has replaced E. J. Des Roches '31 at second...
...mechanism of the projected tax shift will be for the Treasury to remit three quarters of the "rates" (taxes) now levied locally upon "productive industry employing manual labor." In the case of "actively producing farmlands" the Treasury will remit the whole of the local taxes, "They will be wiped clean off the slate!" exulted Mr. Churchill. Then he stated soberly that the "wiping" would cost the Treasury ?29,000,000 per year...