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...problem which faces the country is almost parallel to the old Austro-Hungarian nationality question. The Serbs, led by white-haired Nikolai Pashitch, want a Greater Serbia-that is, a strong central government for the whole nation. The others are split. The Croatians want autonomy (self-government), some under the monarchy, some outside it as an independent republic. The Montenegrins demand a plebiscite which shall permit them to settle whether they are to stay as an autonomous country under the existing Karageovgevitch Monarchy or become again, as they were before 1921, an independent country. The remainder are mainly...
...encounter show that Dartmouth was defeated 3 to 1 by the Elis in a game played when the ice was in a poor condition. In a previous game these teams battled to a scoreless tie in a game halted by rain after two periods of play. The University has split even in two games with the Blue...
...dynamite- gun. Growth, he believed, was a matter of interlacing of organization?a theory which he practiced in his own consolidating activities. A captain of industry, still he stuck to the sea, which had been gracious to him; he built, captained, the Grade, the "swiftest steam yacht that ever split the salt." He has been the confidant of Tilden, the associate of Elaine, the purse-bearer of the Rothschilds, the sponsor of a South American Republic (Chile...
Springfield brings a record that is unimpressive. A season of ten games has been split, with five victories and five defeats. Rhode Island State, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut Agricultural Colleges have defeated the Springfield five, the last outfit winning twice. On the other hand the visitors have scored several creditable victories, notable among them those over Boston University, Middlebury and Boston Colege, the last-named being downed by a 36 to 22 score...
...flamboyant ceiling-piece of the banquet hall, on the terrace under the tremoloing stars, the company conversed. They spoke of man's relationship to the Absolute, of the art of Correggio, contraception, the difference between amour and amore, hypocrisy (it gangrenes gallantry), religion, cats. Little by little, they split off into pairs, these beautiful women, these men of genius. Irene became engaged to Hovenden despite his lack of dental fricatives; Calamy gave himself to Miss Thriplow and made her regret it; Mrs. Aldwinkle, rebuffed by Chelifer, went off to Monte Carlo...