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...wind blew him clear, and he counted two before pulling the rip cord, so that the parachute might be clear of entanglement. Macready did not know whether he was upside down or not when he left the ship, or whither he was heading. But he heard the parachute snap open and knew well that he would land somewhere. Edward A. Wuichet of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, walking below in the summer darkness was startled to hear a voice from the sky say: "Hello below ? Hey, down there?" The most peculiar conversation passed in the dark till the aviator landed...
...simple, solemn sensation: General Erich von Ludendorff held court, his admirers standing stiffly at attention before him. He drank a glass of beer, shook hands formally with each Monarchy man who was presented to him. Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz tripped timorously into the Reichstag. Photographers tried to "snap" him as he went, but in his well-known genial manner, he dispersed them with a few deft fencing movements of his cane. Then, after everyone had trooped into the Reichstag Chamber, Herr Bock, aged 78, oldest Reichstag member, rang a bell to signify that the second Reichstag of the German...
...they used to, when I was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury." All this was vouchsafed to Philip Schuyler, of Editor and Publisher, who said of Mr. Vanderlip: "The onetime President of the National City Bank of New York has turned crusader and his zeal is boundless. His eyes snap and his jaw is set. He is angry and his talk is earnest, although not hyster- ical" It was also revealed that Mr. Vanderlip was on intimate terms with Senator Wheeler, whose committee he is assisting. Among the leading Washington correspondents 'described as "high-grade messengers," are: John W. Owens...
...introductory, or general courses in the outside fields--quite additional to the necessary modern language courses and English A. Probably two of these introductory courses, such as History 1 or Mathematics C, are taken in the Freshman year; and whatever else may be said of them, they are not "snap courses". An "elementary" course does not mean an easy course; it is often one of the hardest, and unfortunately often one of the most uninteresting. One is taught the rudiments without learning enough really to appreciate or to enjoy the subject matter...
...that belief in the supernatural may lead to muddled thinking. Although the supernatural in religion is known through the religious experience the supernatural in revelations is an historical problem. That callege training which Mr. Stanton mentions might be employed to better advantage in estimating historical evidence than in passing snap judgments on Biblical problems without any knowledge of the Bible. W. T. HOWE...