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...this country prevailed during much of the 1930 crop-growing season and greatly reduced farm production. Widespread droughts occurred in 1881, 1894, 1901, 1911, 1916, and 1924. These . . . did not equal the drought of the present year. . . ." He then related the course of the "conference of Governors of drought-stricken States called by you," also of the Federal Drought Relief Committee, of which "at your request I have served as chairman." Production figures given in the report included...
Then, with a decidedly horror-stricken parlor remark, "Audacious" utters a "Do you know, my dear?" to the effect that Harvard men actually go to their nine o'clocks in full dress after returning from affairs lasting until dawn in the mauve ballrooms of Greater Boston. Tickled with this scandal, the dilettante society reporter proceeds to explain that the list is graded socially and not athletically. To quote: "If a man goes to Harvard and makes a varsity team, he usually makes the good clubs and therefore 'rates' at Harvard. But many who 'rate' at Harvard do not 'rate' socially...
...Panic stricken, the four young women hastily stubbed out their cigarets, whisked the ashtray behind a cushion, waited with pounding hearts...
...hard rain storm, but one no harder than usual for the season, was blowing in from the Atlantic. When they could look abroad there, seemingly within reach of a man on earth, was the breath-taking silvery bulk of the R-101. She was lurching along, a gigantic stricken thing, 400 ft. from the ground...
...shares a day (against the new market's 8,000 on opening day). Some old New Yorkers can still recall the high hopes they had when they bought Bertha & Edith at 8?, the higher hopes when six months later it was 39?, the chagrin when it was stricken from the list as valueless...