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...pull!" and blow the sailing "pigeons" to dusty smithereens. There was also baseball-the opening game of the annual tournament of the Head-of-the-Lakes semiprofessional baseball association. The field was beside the railroad yards in Superior. Long freight and ore trains trundled by constantly. President Coolidge threw in the first ball and the first battery knocked it out-of-the-lot.* Mrs. Coolidge munched chocolates and watched vivaciously. John Coolidge, though there were many hits, errors, wild throws, etc., looked badly bored. The President left after the third inning-his baseball custom...
Fascist Mussolini seemingly did not conceive that his ardent words could give offense; but Anti-Fascist Birkenhead, conscious that his icy logic must have offended, threw a concluding sop to women: "Though a woman may not take a revealed part in the conduct of affairs, we need not fall into the error of supposing that she has no influence in deciding them. ... I can make my meaning more easily understood by repeating a remark made by the Duchess of Burgundy to Madame de Maintenon. 'Do you know,' she said, 'why the queens of England have ruled...
...when they scorned it, Producer Davis took pity on them. "It has a message for you," he said, and offered free seats to any who would have them. Almost no one could believe that a man would willingly throw away money upon Broadway without hope of return. He threw away $750,000. "Advertising," said many. "Dopey," said others...
Secret: On the island of Formosa one Cho Meika, a Korean youth of 21, took a dose of poison, six weeks ago, and instantly thereafter threw a dagger at Prince...
Here a stretch of rough water called forth desperate efforts, threw two capsized sportsmen to the waiting rescue ships, gave a comfortable lead to a seaworthy Corker sea sled driven by Charles P. Stevens of Albany, N. H. Racer Stevens never lost his head. His time: 14 hrs., 5 minutes, 37 seconds...