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...while I pressed my lips tight shut, like President Coolidge. Her drives and placements came my way every time. I tried to drive her back with lobs, but both she and the Baron slaughtered one after another. He hit so hard he bent his racket. ... At the end, Suzanne threw the balls into the stands, rushed to the net with that fixed smile of hers and gave me a handshake, a clammy one. . . . C. F. was great! He tried to take all the blame...
Finally, as dinner time approached, the expensive part of the entertainment was revealed. The Lord Chamberlain threw open the doors of the Frederick the Great Salon. Wilhelm strode proudly in; deigned to express by a gesture that the room had just been "newly furnished with beautiful bronzes, together with brocaded hangings" and many another embellishment imported from Germany...
...being supported by the 27 minority party members: 24 Progressives, 2 Laborites, and 1 Independent, that fire-eating gaffer, the Hon. Henri Bourassa of Quebec, now again returned to Parliament after an absence of 19 years. The situation was rendered grotesque by the fact that the "freak election" threw Premier King out of his own seat in Parliament and reduced him to sitting in the "Visitors' Gallery...
Only two falls occurred in the Freshman matches, Garcelon of Tufts threw Lieberman in the 125-pound class, and Lefrak of the Crimson first-year men won by a fail over Pollis, his opponent...
...University matches, that between Stearns and Jeffers, Orange captain, was by far the fastest. Stearns almost gained a fall in the early stages of the bout, and had the upper hand most of the way. Toward the end, however, Jeffers came out from underneath and almost threw his opponent. Stearns won the match by referee's decision...