The North American Review, Volume 225University of Northern Iowa, 1928 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... given General McDowell to begin the cam- paign which was to end so disastrously at Bull Run . So confident were the majority of Congress that making a soldier was merely a matter of putting a musket on a man's shoulder , that on July 19 ...
... given General McDowell to begin the cam- paign which was to end so disastrously at Bull Run . So confident were the majority of Congress that making a soldier was merely a matter of putting a musket on a man's shoulder , that on July 19 ...
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... given commodity , a pound of cotton or bushel of wheat , will purchase . This is its " price " . Price is the gold value of an arbitrary unit of the specified commodity in exchange for an arbitrary unit of gold . In the case of gold ...
... given commodity , a pound of cotton or bushel of wheat , will purchase . This is its " price " . Price is the gold value of an arbitrary unit of the specified commodity in exchange for an arbitrary unit of gold . In the case of gold ...
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... given gifts of a quick thinking apparatus and a glib tongue . While others are addressing the chair , you can almost see him formulating a well - chosen " snappy come- back " . Whether he favors a motion or not , it will do no harm to ...
... given gifts of a quick thinking apparatus and a glib tongue . While others are addressing the chair , you can almost see him formulating a well - chosen " snappy come- back " . Whether he favors a motion or not , it will do no harm to ...
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... given to Tammany Mayors of old . These he has capitalized to his own and his party's advantage . But it is the " wise - crack " that dis- tinguishes him above all else . This is his Excalibur . He relies on it in all crises . It has ...
... given to Tammany Mayors of old . These he has capitalized to his own and his party's advantage . But it is the " wise - crack " that dis- tinguishes him above all else . This is his Excalibur . He relies on it in all crises . It has ...
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... given above . Wireless waves might be compared with the largest waves on the ocean , and ultraviolet rays with the tiny ripples along the shore . White light , instead of being one particular kind of radiant energy , is really a mixture ...
... given above . Wireless waves might be compared with the largest waves on the ocean , and ultraviolet rays with the tiny ripples along the shore . White light , instead of being one particular kind of radiant energy , is really a mixture ...
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