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...this was not all. The General began to treat with the Opposition, explicitly the Seiyu-Honto Party, which, as an indirect result of the murder of Premiar Hara in 1921, split from the Seiyukai in January, 1924. The significance of this last move, coming as it does on top of the others, was that it would, if successful, give General Tanaka no less than 250 seats, or an absolute majority of the House of Representatives. It was therefore argued, as the move seemed likely to succeed, that the days of the Kato Cabinet are numbered, although doubtless it will remain...
...stop at calling him the "Little Corporal." The gist of this attack was that Trotzky was trying to substitute Trotzkyism for Leninism. It was alleged, according to an official document, that his attacks "had been interpreted by the bourgeoisie and the Social Democrats [Menshevists] as a sign of a split within the Russian Communist Party, and consequently as the disruption of the dictatorship of the proletariat"; that he had "declared war against the very foundation of Bolshevist doctrine"; that "the Second Internationale, the most dangerous servants of the bourgeoisie, are endeavoring to use Trotzky's rebellion 'on principle' for compromising...
...degree from Columbia University. He entered politics, where his good stories, his oratory, his wit, his common sense and his legal ability won him popularity and admiration in New York. He ran for Governor of that state in 1912 on the Republican ticket when the party was split, and he had no chance of victory. He took his defeat philosophically, humorously. In 1922, he married for the first time. On Feb. 22, last, at the age of 62, he died of angina pectoris...
...subtitle "A, Jazz Symphony of American Life". "The Moon is a Gong" has as its sub-title. "A Parade with Shouting". "The 'Moon is a Gong" out-processionals "Processional". In his riotous imagination, Dos Passos makes confusion worse confounded. Every device has been accumulated to shock the eye and split the ear. In its revolt from realism it is frankly, blatantly theatrical, and heaps up all the artificial tricks of expressionist drama. As in the Fifth Avenue scene of "The Hairy Ape", so here in the funeral scene masks are used to intensify the impression of stifling conventionality...
...college daily outlines editorially a plan whereby all embryonic yell kings must cheer conspicuously and loudly for three years. At the end of this period, those who have not swallowed their tonsils, split their larynx, or died, from apoplexy undoubtedly have, as a result of the workings of the Law of the Adaptation of Species, developed platinum-lined throats and lungs. Surely such men well deserve the title of yell kings, for they are capable of yelling, and yelling, and then yelling again...