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...airwaves will sizzle with brain power tonight as the members of the staffs of the Guardian and the Progressive try to emulate the wit of their CRIMSON and Lampoon brethren with another quiz show over the University network...
...four dissenting justices joined in what many believe to be the greatest dissent written by the greatest dissenter, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, of the enormous cavalry mustaches and classic wit. The dissent said in part: ". . . The Act [Child Labor] does not meddle with anything belonging to the States. They may regulate their internal affairs and their domestic commerce as they like. But when they seek to send their products across the State line they are no longer within their rights. ... At her boundaries the State encounters the public policy of the United States which it is for Congress to express...
...close friends knew old Mr. Justice McReynolds as the gallant, trust-busting Kentuckian of another day, the bachelor legendarily faithful to the memory of his schoolgirl sweetheart (for years he reportedly made annual pilgrimages to Ella Pearson's grave in Louisiana, Mo.), the courtly wit of Washington society Sunday breakfasts, the man who wept at the graveside of Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and for whom Justice Holmes himself confessed a fondness...
...experts by showing them the value, rare beauty and surprising number of prizes including a 500 pound dumbbell, a spangled hat, four encyclopedias, a happy hen and a raspberry. He reserved the right to withhold the prizes if the board failed to exhibit the necessary knowledge and wit...
...more at this little Gaul. Like a cat, he is at once perfectly relaxed and hair-trigger quick. Parry, parry, feint, feint-his man hopelessly out of position-touche! Like an angler playing a fish is one simile that comes to mind. Echoes have been heard of his merry wit. And he once drove racing cars, though he ruefully admits that he never won a race. Yet the most engaging thing about him is his perfect courtesy. A raw-boned and awkward freshman steps before him. Nothing is right about his stance. His parries are slow and his disengage circles...