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...Fitzgerald's treated from a new angle and without professional flapperisms. Faults of course?occasional over-writing?occasional lapses into adolescent unreality?but on the whole a first novel that does not need the usual "displays great promise" critical lifeline?a first novel that should interest a wide and diverse public...
...being extremely young, the idea of queening it over the Bulgarians might tickle her fancy.' Last, Miss Muriel Vanderbilt, ' an engaging little person . . . with a sense of dignity.' "Gerard Swope, President of the General Electric Co.: "Following the death of Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmetz, wide publicity was given to the alleged fact that he was paid no ' regular' salary by the General Electric Co.-just ' received at his own request irregular amounts when he needed them.' Following the publication of this falsehood came an official statement from our Company asserting that Dr. Steinmetz...
...barge 35 feet long and six feet wide is now being constructed in the Weld Boat House under the supervision of the crew coaching staff. .It is intended for 16 men, eight on a side with an aisle running through the middle of the boat to give the coaches ample room to move from man to man giving more personal instruction than was ever before possible on the river. It will probably be used for the first time when the crews report next spring. It will find especial use in helping beginners to master the art of rowing...
...Europe who are morally, mentally and physically fitted for citizenship, just as there are certainly individuals from northern Europe who are not so fitted. To discriminate against immigrants en mass by national quota is both unjust and unreasonable. And in the second place, by giving the Secretary of Labor wide personal latitude in executing the law, there is a strong possibility that international hostility many be aroused through apparent injustices...
...says that she began writing when she was twelve and soon afterwards, at the age of 14, engaged extensively in newspaper correspondence concerning the suffrage movement. Although her championship of women's rights brought her wide attention, she is still chiefly known in England for her brilliant and bitter criticism...