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...reached; twelve grant licenses on mere application; 24 require tests, which are almost universally insufficient. For the other 85% of drivers the great need is instruction. Indiana leads the way here, requiring 20 hours a semester of driving instruction in high schools. Third means of improvement is strict punishment. That this works was proven by Evanston, Ill., worst U. S. accident city of its size in 1928, safest now after inaugurating strict law enforcement, harsh penalties, immediate investigation...
...cash for incidental expenses on the 106-day round trip. Schoolchildren chipped in. The U. S. waived immigration restrictions. Surrounded by reporters, Baby Rodgers arrived in Manhattan, pronounced the U. S. "okey-dokey," was whisked off by the Y. W. C. A. to Philadelphia where, in the strict privacy of Dr. Jackson's operating room, the nail was withdrawn from his lung in seven minutes...
...such disruptions of economic and political life. It is, therefore, easy to understand why Premier Blum has promised everything to the discontented. He may, perhaps, be acquitted of expediency, but there were but two courses open to him. One--repression--was unthinkable since he is a man of strict Socialist principles and depends almost entirely on Leftist support. The only other alternative, which he took, was an immediate guarantee that he would clear away all the reasons for the workers complaints...
...Freehold the party paused for luncheon, just two miles short of the best hamburg stand between Newark and Cape May. Tearing through Toms River, but not fast enough to become enmeshed in the speed traps just south of that place or embroiled with the neighborhood's notoriously strict taxidermist-justice of the peace, the Valiant reached Beachwood, stopped for the day. Actual driving time: 6:31:24. Average speed: 11.11 m.p.h...
...have shaken ourselves entirely free from the Gladstonian structure and tradition of finance. The gold standard, an enormous sinking fund, the strict 'and punctual discharge of international obligations, all are gone, unwept, unhonored and unsung...