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Arbiter & Wit. At about this time Lord Birkenhead delivered his memorable knife thrust at the late Viscount Younger of Leckie (then Sir George Younger) who fancied himself for the Prime Ministry. "Since the day when the proverbial frog swelled itself up in rivalry with the bull until it burst," he said in part, "no frog ever has been in such grave physical danger as Sir George Younger." Of the Bonar Law Cabinet in 1923 Lord Birkenhead said: "They remind me of the Duke of Wellington's observation upon his generals: 'I don't know whether they will frighten the enemy...
This sort of wit had made Lord Birken head a social lion, furthered his progress to the rank of No. i British arbiter of old brandy, sped him to the bridge tables of tycoons whose money he took by excellence in play...
...LONG ROAD?Otto Kruger's deft mumming makes this one worth wit- nessing (TIME, Sept...
Canon Spooner claimed that he was guilty of one spoonerism only in all his life, to wit: "The Kinkering Kongs their places take." The rest were just due to people picking...
This is from start to close a Freshman affair. Few upperclassmen will gain much from the pictures, microscopes, and anatomical disclosures which they did not know before. Save for Professors Shapley's cosmic wit there is no incentive to return unceasingly. The course as organized neither rises above nor falls below the average of mass instruction. It probably offers as many opportunities as, the other introductory courses in science, but no more. They all fall through the necessity of establishing a strict norm in order to grade the students as easily as possible. Therefore there is much unnecessary routine, much...