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‘WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, (924. - hen wove ey FOR FH fellow, “T do° this “because it feels}-1ccount of water shortage there. If PAGE SIX , Daily Critune. — . 7 themsetves'—in--tuct, a -thean, -selfish desire to ~ Che Casper Daily Cribune kee % Ea ‘Coolidge and Dawes 7 the] condition. So it’ would seem to “be D p the country prosperous, pie in-the old.din. Why It Happened - sod Sebel erent ied fe rea * hen I ~~ Pondering ufficient, water on these Bntared at Casper (Wyoming) posti{fiesjas second] Net Dail, money in the family savings sccount ae Co Ree ae ee eee ictal TT | his apt reply: Oné-cannot be assured {nds we can rival Big Horn county 88 matter, November 22 1916. - and peace among the nations of the earth. 5 among | ‘hinking that! any Democratic com-| ‘We have alluded #0 the fair, the | thet it 1s essentially naive. So many | with its marvelous crops; PA I have raised beans, squash and Tm Casper Dally Tribune issuec every evening| It looks very much as though we would have rs : bination or any Democratic strategy | comely Helen of the walled town of, , sad The 3 ing Tribi 5 , at| to plead ity. I of | ¢ f the finest quality on ~~ he Sunday Morning uné every Sunday, a’ pl guilty t comes back to us. all that} ™ ¥ mpromising supporters of| could have stopped the yictorious| ‘Troy, since for ages her tradition Heads aol. onf-high* Gastinies, pniy sweet eine kines senate ¥ “usper, Wy: . Pr tion offices: Tribune Build-| j \- aoe tn ap va in nobly voting for Wheeler we might also have dates, “has “solved tre problem of spre Rear Pe aicnetion. vot portion. 8 Cae ecg ad to discover the marked and happy! ise quantities for canning facto! ing, opposite pos.office. voted for Sam Gompers, the Dakota brand of Seats cessation. Mght of | Business Telephones --.-.--- -- 15 and 16] frenzied bankruptcy, the hatred of the Beir te triumph in the following | Chairman Butler. Fundamental eco-|doubtedly her conquests | wrought | Feuer of tess Saagpen deta A man | Pickle ‘ tata beeratiey palpi Branch Telephoue Exchange Connecting Ait ingredients for new world wars and Brothet s My nomic: conditions rasid Asitevests; were tin “Helen, a : gentle) conceit, 's sure he ham: perry a | Cee ee te erooas ene or 5 | “We turn now.to the: post:| Clearly against them. It was a con-| belief in the invincibility ‘of mere| Mme the Hammersto have been 8) sana Ol in broom corn. Now, to changesehe subject, un- tess the Casper-men come to our aid, by getting up numerous drives ee Departments Trotzky of Red Russia. But ‘the opportunity is ? i SSO = ~ ‘mortem: r | servative Republica: less the Yash ‘ By J. E. HANWAY AND EB. BE. HANWAY noW past. We will be compelled“to abide with Fant Cndctecicohtneien kc coe aihlicane” biundered hopelessly we sit. Shea haa oe mgr teri demonstration of a great and perti- our grief. weak, She dimpled and they fe to fight-| ment truth.” May not colds tn the ‘The| head, as they vanish, teach us gon: MEMS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . is p ot ‘The Associated Prers is exclusively entitled to the} The one consolation is that our selfishness is, ’ and ithey-le{t} ing with javelins)and, swords. | The} (<tr Ot during this winter, we will have to 7 use for publication of all news cfedited in this’ paper] at least, not mixed, with loneli: There yheeler. .] all the blunders to their opponents. | curve of her soft cheek was havoc, 2 Eaves Jast 2 a SAG also the local ‘news published Herein: a powerful lot of us in the nae boa t.” And so, h ces "| “After the agony inflicted” upon | and * her~demurest cence “sak aad pe kalba params, Seen one te rag Tae EN Sorts aud beama’ 1 i r rength, the Democrat ty 2 Me |v . And’ Nature . said. e flook al you. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (AB. O) | anyhow, while withering aud shriveling under] ij¢veq, =| Races eelah prolocgation ot the| irl nrows toa sure of herself.” and| October has attired er woods for} every year. ‘This year T lost all w : the sarcastic remarks that blow, cutting and and policies, above person.| Jeadlock the supreme blunder wus|ns Helen payed at bean-bag in the|revel. Listen. ‘There descends the | through the Jack rabbits. We have vs Pracaon, wine NE seden AUa0aS Steger Bite] Cole oe the snow banks of Montana, we can | alities and records, wai the success-| the nomination of Gov. Bryan. ‘The'| flazxed courtyard . the. wise. old flghs call of migrant fowl, Dslak as Jacks enough to feed Camper for . oan at Sag Y Ht .| sort of huddle t he: - “i p ri ther bade a shrewd little breeze| deeply as you may of the brisk alr,| He winter, no one need gu hungry, Il, 286 Fitq: Ave., New York City; Gobe ogether in our misery. ful identification of?Mr. Coolidge | nomination of Mr. Davis was in the| mother ba ehet Fans lanteea | tor te iate aeabenr pert ‘potency erator tac are cordially invited, one and all to hunt singly or in drives, all over our Jand, mést of you have aten cf my sweet corn and called Boston, Ms Suite 404 Sharon Bidg.. 55 New Meanwhile, the country will,,we hope, continue | With economic prosperity. Mr. Cool-| circumstances the only. logical out: | embrace her. ery St, San Francisco, Cal. Copies of the oe idge attached to- his rt; the | come of the conventic Yor. Mr.| 2nd went indoodrs, and inthe morn- h y ‘Tr-bune are on file in the New York, Chicago, or RSH e sabe if stricken. Perhaps strongest. bonds of Sorter: te] Davis, in addition to his own per.|ing kept to her room refusihg ell/time for these seasonal diversions, on and San Francisco offices and visiturs are may be able to keep so busy in the rush Of | susiriess meri ot the nation. ‘They|sonal qualifications for president, | Visitors. Ah, had they glimpsed her|nor have they any attraction for good times, which are already beginning; that| came, to him ‘on the Mellon plan;| was the only candidate who could| countenance that day the captains| you. Friends, it is high time you SBS : we may forget the scorn of the parting shot of| they came\to him on the tariff; they | have united the Democratic south|°f a thousand ships should have|had a cold in the head, that con-|\: good. Now, please get all the rab SUBSCRIPTION RATES the scorner. came to him" on. the veto of the| and the Democratic east. His sym-|S0ne into the export lumber trade. | valescence might instruct you in al sits you can and save the corn. oie San the { vets see needful appreciation of life.” C. PFEIFFER, - By Carrer and Out v4 "“* One Year, Daily and Sunda: bonus; they~ to -him’ om his] pathies and associations were those ‘There is, of course, no way of ne Year, Dally and Sunday Dattntes: they to| of the Cleveland and, in some meas-| knowing to a certainty, but it ap: eet re fn! 42 71 Section 6-34-79, six miles north of Six Month, Daily ands One. Fellow Has Had Enough [him on tis and Mr. Dawes's firm: | ure, of the Wilson Democracy. pence lidesther probable that Grass Needs Help 7. | mr’: st st sat Greet Ah, but you say that you have n nt Tt al Month, Daily and Sunday } § 3 Chree Months, Daly and Sunda; ‘ . : of i, “ vernor Bryan . ‘ hires Mont A Toe tyecoaneny Short skirts have enjoyed popularity for an| ney or the Tesh ei mnary ant |as his hartner he reachel out far{immiune from a cold in the head, . Na Per Copy ~. o§| unexpectedly long time. Oculists in -certain played into. Mr.- dge's, hands. | the west before he had consolidated | even when Ke sang so brighUy Or so] gaitor Tribune: Will you kina- Pres Coolid e tHe Ons eaten iy. Mall’ That go} Parts have complained of deterioration in Ifu-| Wheat faflures’in the rest of the| the east, and’ ever after his cam- iat in his Gan seat tae bette give this article space in your pay . g wo One ‘Year, Buntay Only man eyesight and in other parts have recbm-| world brought prospérity to the in-] paign was addled by strategists and sw cdg adn SAraohiite bie favorite, | feW days ago I read in the Tri- a war = Six Months, Daily and Sui gu] mended the use of smoked glasses to relieve eye| surgent ngs ca ae of the| advisers from both camps. Hts cam-| Shayyan, addressing Bis | favorite! bune about a United States survey Will Attend sec “=. ‘Three Months, Daily and Sunday .25|) strain; but it has remained for a California] “est. and Mr,” lidge became] paign had dignity and’ eloquence, tigusnd the eta in which the| #!0ng the Patte river for irrigation = for One Month, Daily and Sunday husband to sue for divorce setting up devotion | ‘*® 2¢Vance’ egent’of prosperity | but it also lacked reality and force) SoM aNy lon Ue Pees: tu x ican: " n assembled and was é < tne Davy nineee will not tosure delivery after sub-| £0 Short skirts on the part of his wife ag the} ‘werwrer fe: Mépublletn” party) 10 & eat cote ring to be the| conducted, anid added that she and) Now. {wish to say. that every ct Lan becomes one month in arrears. cause. TeThe next’ gréat ‘source of Mr.| neutral, and although he was the| he. with a half a chance, could ‘have settler alone the river as a private - ee int Nia J : seen 4 ‘|done a great deal better. You are| irrigation p&nt cf his own, elthor se 5 YOU DON'T GET YOUR TRIBUNR ogee crea piatpe the husbaud alleges that the | Coolidge’s strength was the Lao! | only cacti nal center he| familiar with his plaint, with the|Turnished by mountain streams, or s rt n't find your Tribune after lookierg care- of his wife’s skirts caused him meii-|'ette movement. LaFo! Bac both aid) He lost to Cool-| rebel volee of him, the silver insol-| wuter pumped from the Platte, that cru fully ¢ 1.15 or 16 and it will be delivered to you} tal anguish, and on one occasion he was comi-} ken to mean a, deadlocked election | lost to both sides. His lost to Cont) ice of hid attack: he can operate at less cost by special messenger. Register ‘complaints before §| pelled to walk more than a mile to fetch an-| companied by business depression. | \dge the moderne and he lost to furnished him by the — government. o'clock. other skirt for her because she went to a dance] i,irrore of Incometax publicity, of] LaFollette the advanced. Mberals| 4%. Love! could Thou and T with| Do not think I object to irrigation, com: * fate conspire but it is the land west of Casper on International WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Prest- dent Coolidge will leave here Wed- nesday, December 3( for Chicago where he will attend the Internat- ional Livestock show. ‘The plans will enable the presi- 6 with him insufficiently clad. 4 u p ' seh, government interference with and}who were exasperated by the con- a 2 va ui gTD Here is one person, at least, who has had|a-jual — entrance - into. business. | scrvation of Coolidge. To psa Ue stip eat Scheme of] the Yellowstone highway, and the] dent to be herb for the opening of i enough of short skirts. He should, be given|(#Follette was.taken elther as an| “If to know exactly what you] would ue not shatter it to bite—| ouutiful table land north of the| congress n Monday, December 1. It at No Special Session relief aAGiaeitrtattieaw enemy of the existing conititutional| want and where -you. are -goink ta ewes ty, facluding the greasewood flats] is believed that he will attend ‘the SES ‘ods. * . thal t Oo Ope If‘a ‘general ‘order shdald et Pari system, with all the protection it|the prime virtue in politics, then| po oid it on rr to the. Heart's ree water, as the cost of avy football. game in Balti- come from Paris or] :hrows around privaté property, or | Coolldge and Dawes deserved to win. eke private irrigation {s prohibitive on 2 In analyzing the results of the national elec- “tion in the United States in their bearing upon legislation, it may be well to have in mind that while the Republicans apparently have ‘achieved a clean majority over the radical forces and will be able to organize the senate on their own lines, nevertheless this situation does not neces- sarily mean that the administration will be fol- lowed blindly in matters of legislation. Includ- ed in the regular Republican group. are several senators, like Borah of Idaho, Couzens of Michi- clvoirhtte to let pent down ite the instep; there|as the advocate of the unlimited | The World, needless to say, does not woul a greater general protest arise from] supremacy of the most unpopular] share their philosophy of govern-| _,,, the male.of the species, than the wail that| branch @f the government—namely, | ment, nor does {t believe the country Hien ee eee Net ey arose some years ago when they were - fi the, congress of the United States.| will remain permanently in a con-| 4, shortened. : ; Inst] ino great mas of the Yeople who| servatiye. and materialiatic mood.|t0e8 St follow the symptomatic dis: : either were .prospérous ot soon ex-| But given the mood and sranting| jost can catch the necessarily nasal e ea ou e a ta ev ek EL pected to be'charged to‘the support | the philosophy, Coolidge and Dawes! oon9 of the original utterance. We A Busted Balloon ff Goclldee abiis Daw cae cy gees! an ‘almost perfect cam:| Tay “Conjecture that Omer had It may be that as a result of the national] coviidge strength was” Bryan, ete godin bee ae eerrohetion election we shall see and hear less of that in-|Charies W.,and William J._ Voters Strange Blessing he learned was damp with autumn sufferable he-termagant,: Robert Marion La: | hestening to get gut of LaFollette’s SSIS rains. And neither wine, nor the for a trip to California gan, Capper of Kansas, Johnson of California} Fojlette of Wisconsin. Threatening all sorta] ‘¥@¥ would not.stop.with the Demo- lass called “Thot,” could comfort and perhaps others who may have ideas of their] of-things as the Moses of the Discontented, he| °T@t#: For there, large ag life, were}: wnat common malady; a cold in| the first bard of the Persians. He i “re.| sneezed and sone, und paused to so id fl they dread- = 7 has petered out se absurdly that further trouble] sq°as much as they dreaded Lafol. | the head ts, ever an “effective “Te. rom him seems highly improbable. Incidental-|jette. ‘Thus LaFolletts. and. Bryan |?Foof to pomp and vanity y we'have acquired a new idea of the extent of| between them detached from the|{", Riel ean an led eae the “lunatic fringe,” as Mr. Roosevelt called the] Democrats and atttched: to the Re-| fica, if one ism statesman, and é lettism—and it happily appears to . 4 lovely when she sneezed. We tS sgh agi Soy. s—o! via . fringe at once very short rire badly cavlbot Lari wots DUtalGs bt the woe eo. eal ‘Gs one but lately recovered | maker essayed to ease his troublea i ne W OY, 2 P pi detailer as tn inne gh Ne aedi ine: satige “Then LaFollette, having fatled| prom a cold in‘the head; and though| oul with song. Royal Gorge, scenic Colorado and r “f itterly to -raily the farmers of the ther at dig- “Th f °, ing from scarlet. to a washed-out pink, in every | west, came east In an effort to cap-| rity nor beauty, we have as it wors| slinpte minged fel'ow which we wquld Salt Lake City; the other way, via own, as to the legislative policies to be. pursued, particularly with reference to tax revision. The point is made, and perhaps pertinently, that in view of the uncertainty of, administration - con- trol, as far as legislation is concerned, it would ., be an extremely doubtful experiment to call --- congress into special session after the fourth of March to revise the tax laws. It is the desire of President Coolidge to reduce taxes at the sneeze again. Often you have felt as he did, that life itse'f, according to ‘the rules, was’ scarcely worth the effort, and have taken strong medicines. and. gone to bed. The earliest possible moment, but it is not the in-| community—but.it seems not to be of such im -— ; = nips S :}ture the labor vote. He suéceeded | eiimpsed in our own: discomfort. the| here introduce ‘in evidence, as tend- the grea acific Northwest, called , . tension of Te Cutiaens eae ining geese te! 2) posing extent as many had feared. Time was] only in dividing iand) demoralizing | designs of Providence. ‘There are|ing to prove that such colds have ¥ FP N ° PP ion htwccambal $5 “ite. th 1 when all were pretty sure of seeing this election | hat vote. He. wounded the Demo: |+imes when it is necessary that the| often a kindly an@ benevolent pur- ’ The American Wonderland. 1 iy strengthen a barge sexe wit e peopje.| thrown into congress because so many would} ‘rats without killing them and| fortunate, for the'r soul's welfare,| pose. Or at least) it has always i Sa Seecoerallsh atiat: iti Srceatdent Th Bean flock to the tattered ensign of Battle Bob.| ™rtiszed the Beye ee to Mr. / should be chastened. | And there are seemed to us that the cheerful litle . 3 vl Wi 5 i * ; | Zoo! up a “} times when the unfortunate, that} anecdote was delightful. The hero me see it do, ace HoGame to the pinch, we observe, they | srativeiy: small, badly distributed, |they may cease'to be. sorry for|of the tale was methodically pound. This is the grand circle tour of the a aS si s \._ | incoherent protest 'vote and made a| themselves, are. visited by an afflic-| Ing his own pate with a hammar, golden west—considered by many st Thi Mi .. Mr. La Follette’s campaign was such as ought| record for insurgency that 1s far] tion passing all bounds. It was|tunking away with manifect’ zeal. competent to judge, “the % 44 ings Missing io disgust, and apparently did disgust’ all} tnterior to that) of the Poptiists of] pavid Harum, we believe, who sald| “Pray,” aaked a passerby, “why do : finest rail = The Arabs and ‘their tents, as sung by Long-| e#ly sound and sensible Americans by reason | !39% the Bryan Democracy) of 1896/ that a reasonable amount of fleas| you pound your head so Sislenstes” journey in the world.” of its unblushing attempt’ to’ appeal to passion, poe pala ge sah 1% ' ar ines ne ea (eas nee ae to. be € fellow, are not the only things that fold their xi tents and silently Heep Hae, The quadrenniul | ‘© Pace prejudice, to class antipathies—to any- — 4 presidential campaign, now happily ended, thing and ‘everything that might promise a mal- showed a number of things missing out of the content vote here and there. The pacifists, the ~ old familiar landscape of America—and their | PT-Germans, the labor. extremists, the rag-tay going has been so quiet as to be unnoticed. and-bobtail enthusiasms of a dozen. different rai . Mherd\ wa the iseap-bex, cart-tall eds kirest ults, all were enlisted in his roster. of followers _ d_his arsenal of weapons. The uniforms ov! corner orator, for instance. He lingers, in a La Follette’s army ‘wi v ly were 48 variegated’as tho: reat in se eabling iol cee: Ba sig of the Ancients—but ‘far less Pararne Th orm and special-train candidate, with the diff: | wisconsin man raised-his shrill outery 6 all th arene cae ane se luxe ee is Bio rs oars country, pleading to be made the virtual despoi ug ei en ou A t a Ore valr-and ~curb-!in command. The country has refused—as it si cee soe one i “| can co ; ¢ | must do if it had not parted with all its senses ven the publichall meeting is gone out Of] at once. This should end the bugaboo of La Fol- i n our politics, its survivor being metamorphosed | jetis, ‘This country appears to have been ‘dea! i into the gaudy and epee alam meetings in} to his blandishments—even. in quarters where a few of the great cities for the purpose of it had been supposed, its hearing might be rather man He Roscoe Heme Pagans cass broad-| acute. In other words, the country is sound at Mee by radio a} m Lp sa shaw’ heart pretty nearly everywhere save in Wigcon- money bet on change so much as tht joke bets that were once the laugh-provoking interludes va pean ise every cam} oe come think, even the “I-told-youeo”| ‘While it hardly seems likely * Cross. patriot is no more as mouthily conspicuous as. of | werd will permanently supplant ridge and mali ‘"* yore; and,’on the other hand, those fervent and sport, it today has “" fiery spirits who took defeat in bitterness and lous vogue. As a rule it is, like soli- scorn are likewise faded out of the picture. taire, a one-player-game, though it has f s ‘ 3 7 oo Rarer ties as a competitive amusement. Already a ‘ Li bag r ‘ of Life? Outlawing War -.. > | considerable body of .literaturo--has- ‘gathered o Wik ar ae | ; Senator Borah contributes a masterly article | “bout it in which large claims are made for it. , f on outlawing war to the current Independent. No; increase in the price’ of dictionaries has His argument is convincing. His. fundamental | 7°* been noted, though that may come.as the re. premise is: “There is not a government on the inte of a greatly increased demand, for a, volume face of the earth strong enough to declare and which up te now has never figured ‘in the lists carry on war against the aroused and sustained of best-sellers. * public opinion of the people. If we are to end} There’can be no question that the cross-word| war, we must get back of governments and dip-| ame is a great promoter of the devotee’s voca- lomats and ex-secretaries, back of leagues and| bulary. Words of: thé existence of which he courts, to that educated, aroused and well-di-| Never dreamed” become to him commonplaces, rected public opinion upon which all’ agree-| 20d dn his arduous*totl over a puzzle he‘jearns ‘throttlea-pushP i ts, all laws, all 1 ab all-couste to look’ for, expect and welcome these qi ) at, a i ni oil Sos a ante a A cock St | Oo he nde ee Hundreds of motorists, have found that AVIATION gaso- That is the proposition, and it is irrefutable,| Which are:not in themselves unusual, ‘occur line has,put more life.into the engine.. This is one of the Physical might, force, had its place in the af.| #gdin and again, such as the “mythical bird;” in asons » try fairs of government, but, as the senator rightly | ther words, the roc. The letters indi¢ating the reasons why people who ‘AVIATION onceof twice never change back: « ' contends, it is incidental to a greater power. points of,the compass are frequently used—in- he asks, “are certain amendments to| deed, it may~almost be said that’ without these . Your car can be mére‘life-like. Fill the tank to-day with AVIATION; |. . : the constitution of the United States not en-| the cross word could hardly exist. Suffixes, pre- forced? Why is it, notwithstanding suffrage | fixes, foreign words—these are frequent. One SECOND AND DURBIN is guaranteed, that people are not allowed to| needs French and Latin lexicons and geo- vote? Why is the Highteenth Amendment flout- | T@Phies, as well as the “unabridged” of our own Come in and let me explain the advantages of Burlington Service. 0 — ain ee F. S. MacINTYRE Ticket Agent “The Craze: Aboiit: Cross-Words Special meeting of Casper Ea les, wives, daus and sisters, will be held rt the Aerie ecmuuess: WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV..12—8 P. M. Plans for furthering the interests of the auxil as well as the hard times dance will be Spokane FULL ATTENDANCE IS REQUESTED STORAGE : FOR CARS RATES $7.00 TO $20.00 Inquire at - LIBERTY GARAGE AND ANNEX 14.South Elm St. PHONES 983 AND 2303 TRAIN SCHEDULES AVIATION Gasoline makes-any car more responsive— morelifelike. rae ; Does your car fairly breath with life, power and speed? Will it almost jump.outfrom under you when you give the ed by whole communitiés? In the ‘best of homes’| tongue. Anatomy contributes its quota in bones, there is persistent violation of it.” And he an-| °Fgans of.the body, etc. Legal terms are fre- swers his, own questions: “Simply because pub-| (ent, as are ecclesiastical. Thus it will ‘be lic opinion is not back of these constitutional | Sen that the curriculum is very broad. provisions.” For‘the most part the cross-word serves only to, put the person on inquiry. He ‘learns that there are certam words of which he never before heard,’and certain things of hitherto unsuspect- ed existence, but of their nature he learns little or nothing. But, afterall, the game is a game and not a college, though it is an instructive game— up to a certain point. Done in the Dark \ 5 Burton’s Farewell It is too everlastingly tough that the people of the United States will haye to”sweat and groan under the weight of the displeasure of B. K. Wheeler. He calls us selfish. Possibly we are. We are willing to be called even worse if we can only be saved from the likes of him, u BOLCERUDEETERREEEEDSUA EDN EETE Ss ECeORN TENT ESLOREDE ATDRREEV ERE LEER PE NEF EET It is possible that many people will not recall B. K. Wheeler, For their information we,will| As Senator LaFollette ‘put it—“not defeated, CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN offer the information that, previous to Novem-| but overwhelmed, for the time being, by thé use Noiitoeeae D. 1:60 p.m. tail of the La ber 4 of this year, he was th of slush funds,” et cetera, et cetera. In other Follette kite in a presidential contest raging| words, overwhtImed by those 17,000,000 votes throughout the count He is now in the bot-| which the predatory interests “bought and paid @e hae Departs tomless pit along with some others and it is] for while one of the Wheeler investigating com- aso ; heen bp. m. 6:00 p. m. = not believed he will ever climb out. mittees wasn’t looking. Eastbound any QUINCY = Just before taking the final plunge, on No- ee . e 3 No. 32 . t wes Ls Ds nye) = vember 5, Wheeler said that in voting against It will be some time before the world is safe No. 30 _ 78:10 p.m. 8:35 om 4 him, the people of the United States “voted for for Democracy. For four years, at least it Nien Departs = what they believed would be a material gain for will be safe from it, also radicalism. Novae 70 8. = » s