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Lastly, the sudden and surprising development of the radio industry shows the huge field for popular electrical equipment; it has of course contributed to the prosperity of both General Electric and Westingliouse. Yet only about 6% of the latter's gross business has resulted from the radio industry, while the corresponding proportion of General Electric's gross is probably even smaller...
...sudden report from Rome, originated in semiofficial circles, stated that it was very unlikely that any alteration would take place in the official relations between the Vatican and the Mussolini Government...
...Things as They Are. It is Zangwill determined to grow old gracefully. He is intent on raising the dust by thumping sofa cushions which have already had the stuffing knocked out of them by numerous writers. His stodgy play is only occasionally relieved with flashes of wit, and sudden fits of farcical frenzy...
...President Eliot entered, accompanied by Hon. Edward T. Sanford '85, President of the Harvard Alumni Association, the entire assembly rose and stood in silent tribute. Silently they watched the President-Emeritus mount to the platform and walk slowly to his seat of honor in the center. Then came a sudden spontaneous burst of applause. The music of the orchestra became louder as the rest of the procession walked slowly into the hall before Chief Justice Taft and President Lowell, followed by Dean Briggs and President Angell of Yale, headed the long line of notables who slowly mounted the platform...
After deposing Sultan Mahammad VI in 1922, the Angora Government elected Abdul Medjid Effendi to the Califate. Now it has deposed him. The meaning of this sudden change of countenance was said to be that the Calif proved himself not pliable enough to the Government; he, therefore...