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...with their saliva. Sticker on sticker was pasted on the ballot. Coolidge won finally. But the vote was in a 5-4-3 proportion, with La Follette second and Johnson last. The Johnson men protested that Coolidge was a minority victor?that the sticker campaign had merely served to split the progressive vote...
...next match also shows the closeness between the Harvard and Yale teams. Last Saturday Yale defeated the Army 9-8, which the Crimson had also beaten 7-6 on March 5. Outside of the regular schedule, Harvard defeated the J. Sanford Saltus 9-4, while Yale split even in its two matches with that club. The excellence of the Yale team is shown by the fact that it won second place in the Senior National Three Weapon Team Competition, in which all of the important New York club teams were entered. Yale was the only college team to qualify...
...American policy of international charity, of which the Near East Relief is but the most widely known expression. Even the impoverished population of the Hebrides turned to the United States for aid rather than to nearby England. But while no fault is to be found with such a split, it has apparently taken the place of a wise and constructive policy of international relations. The United States places itself in the anomalous position of shying at all suggestions of cooperation while holding itself ready to extend its own help to sufferers anywhere in the world. The real criticism...
...reputable historian will assign religion as the primary cause of the decapitation of Charles I. Even G. K. Chesterton, famed Catholic, says that Charles I "tried to split hairs, and seemed merely to break promises," that "historically, the quarrel resolved itself into . . . whether a king can raise taxes without the consent of his Parliament." And H. G. Wells describes him as "probably one of the meanest and most treacherous occupants the English throne has ever known." His whiskers were painted by Van Dyck...
...motion to grant the final installment on a Sudan irrigation scheme, which is sponsored by the Government, because it provides employment, the Left Wing of the Labor Party split with MacDonald. The measure was passed 397 to 43 votes. The 43 represent the dissentient voices from the Clyde. Neil McLean, one of the fiercest Clyde-siders, was particularly indignant and practically accused the Government of treachery to the workers...