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...green. Then a short time ago a clever reporter came upon a man registering at a hotel as E. Robinson Casey. With sudden inspiration he cried. "Why, did you do it?" "I couldn't help it," Mr. Casey replied in a dull and automatic tone, "the umpire called 'em wrong...
...criticism that naturally suggests itself is that Mr. Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, was apt to think himself First Lord of Omniscience; for he consistently proves that he was right and the other fellow wrong. This is more apparent than real, however; and, in any case the ex-First Lord never fails to make out for himself what seems an incontrovertible case. What Mr. Churchill really did fail in was underestimating the strength of the " red tape " which bound him so securely in his dealings with the Admiralty Board and the War Office. It is apparent that...
...manufacturers, magnates, movie-stars, sweat-shop-workers, policemen, poets, editors, reporters. The growth of a mind, the rise of an intelligence, the development of an interesting and hostile point of view. Well written, fertile of ideas, suggesting one of the many possible answers to the query: " What's wrong with civilization in general and American civilization in particular...
Prof. Howard R. Mayberry, a psychologist at the University of Chicago, tested 300 men and women students as to their perception of optical illusions, such as two points of light, one moving and one stationary, in a dark room. Whether they were right or wrong, women were, as a rule, more positive of their perceptions, and they were wrong more frequently than the men, who were usually open to conviction...
...regard to equipment the management advises the candidates to bring all that they have, but not to make any purchases without consulting the coaches, for fear of buying the wrong kind of paraphenalia. For the novititee who come entirely unprepared the necessary equipment will be provided...