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...arising for decision and the old, with slight variations, are being re-examined and distinguished in the light of newer interest and popular sympathy which subconsciously influence judicial decision. Progress is not constant and steady. There are advances and then reactionary relapses, but the general movement is onward and upward...
...Catalans agree to apply the statute of limitations to their respective follies, continue to dodder their happy way along to the grave. Manhattan critics, as they shuffle up the aisle after a performance, have a terse way of signifying to each other their individual opinions of a play. An upward gesture of the head and a horizontal movement of the hand mean "It's in." If the hand swoops downward and the head wryly wobbles from side to side. "It's terrible." Following the curtain of The Perfect Marriage, hands swooped...
...upward trend of the marks made by undergraduates in November hours comes as no surprise, either in that grades have improved or because of its details. The grades of the College have risen to the extent that there are 1.6 per cent less unsatisfactory records this year than there were last, an improvement of about five per cent in the Freshman class, and approximately one per cent among Juniors and Sophomores; in contrast the Senior class has a few more failures than the class...
...Roman Stadium which will be used not only by Italian sportsmen but also by Italian sportswomen. To open the stadium on Italy's Armistice Day last week, Il Duce approached with quick strides a monstrous object 55 ft. tall, swathed in bunting and sprouting upward from a base of equal height. Pulling the ripcord, Italy's Dictator revealed a 300-ton obelisk of Carrara marble embellished with no inscription except nine letters in high relief-MUSSOLINI. Apropos a gymnastic exhibition by both sexes which next took place in the stadium, Signer Leonardo Arpinati, Undersecretary of Interior and head...
...last week Signer Achille Starace, abrupt Secretary General of the Fascist Party, ordered that "to maintain the dignity of Fascist customs" the Official shout will no longer be given "except when saluting II Duce." Lesser Fascist leaders will receive silent salutes, out-stretchings of the right arm at an upward inclination...