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...knows." "What a whale of a difference just a few cents make." "They satisfy." "I'd walk a mile." Identify each slogan. (See BUSINESS...
...been handicapped in their classroom work as a result of inadequate financial assistance and of the consequent necessity of spending front three to four hours a day in self-support. One reason why the average grade of the Alumni scholars is higher than that of scholarship recipients as a whale, may well be because of the markedly higher stipends, nearly $500, which Alumni scholars receive. It is hoped that the change in system will enable scholarship recipients to turn part of the time now taken up by self-support to more educationally advantageous purpose...
Spitsbergen* was discovered by the Vikings in 1194 and, in the 17th Century, owing to a lucrative whale fishing, its sovereignty was disputed by Norway, the Netherlands, Britain. The next century saw the end of whaling with a consequent lack of political interest. During the latter part of the last century, however, the question of sovereignty was again raised by Norway, Russia and The Netherlands, this time owing to the discovery of coal; and when in 1905 whaling was revived, the question became still more important. The matter, however, was not settled until 1920 when the Supreme War Council...
...soup he took was Elephant Soup, and the fish he took was Whale...
...conference which is to report to a commission appointed to draw up a new constitution." But with Tuchun* flying at the throat of Tuchun, and no Tuchun strong enough to rule the others, the mere thought of a constitution seems as out of place as Jonah in the whale's belly. No Tuchun can, much less will, swallow such a big pill...