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...King wiped the slate clean and we rejoiced in the hope that this would open the way to a solution of our difficulties...
...called parliamentary elections will be held March 23, 1929. The voter will receive a ballot containing the names, and only the names, of candidates approved by the Dictator in Council. If 51% of the electorate vote "yes," the entire slate will be declared elected, and Italy will have a 100% Fascist Chamber. Jokers in the law will almost certainly prevent a 51% vote of "no"; but in that remote contingency new elections would be held, and so ad infinitum until Fascismo triumphs. There are no local constituencies under this mock electoral procedure. In U. S. terms this would mean that...
...hockey team swept to its third straight victory by defeating Milton Academy on the preparatory school's rink by a 3 to 0 score yesterday afternoon. The first year six, by shutting out the repeated tries for goals made by the Milton forwards, kept the slate clean of any score against them...
...undefeated University quintet meets the M. I. T. five, which also has kept its slate clean, tonight at 8 o'clock in the Hangar Gymnasium...
Opposite as sunny Rome and slate-hued London are the anti-feminist theories of Dictator and Earl. The Roman by sheer ardor would explode the very notion that a "new" or "modern" woman can exist. The Londoner, icily accepting modern woman's existence, defines her function as competition with man, and brands her as a failure at her chosen game...