Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Finally, he doesn't create enemies. He gets things done without creating opposition or antagonizing people. In short he hasn't Mr. Wilson's stiff-necked belief that he alone can accomplish things...
...have an opportunity to vote for the young hero of their college days, and to pass on to the students of today the message that his brilliant early success in procuring and gathering the fruits of victory in 1898 is prophetic of what that developed older man may now accomplish...
...fault in attending the conference. It was induced to do so by expectations which turned out to be unwarranted. The blame does not rest with the T. C. A. or its officers, for they, too, were apparently misled. But in trying to convince the students that they really did accomplish a great deal, by framing trite resolutions and giving geographical talks, the delegates certainly are in error. If thirty of our students had to go to Iowa to find out that China is longer than the United States is broad, then education in this state must be at a pretty...
Harvard has already done much to make the classroom have a more direct bearing on life. The tutorial system and the general examinations are an evidence of what the faculty is trying to accomplish in this direction. There are some courses now which do arouse discussion and thought. But much remains to be done. Every effort should be made to have a more personal discussion and relationship between instructor and student. And in lectures the subject must be shown in its bearing on modern-day problems. But the chief burden now lies with the undergraduates themselves. Unless studies become...
...from the League of Nations we must apply all our experience as a nation to this hotbed in Southwestern Europe. There must exist a solution to the problem. If we emphasized the idea of a federation with local autonomy but a common purpose, rather than self-determination, we should accomplish much towards peace. And what country is in a better position to discuss federalism than the United States? The problem of the thirteen colonies was only a simplified version of the Balkan difficulty. It is our duty in the cause of preventing future wars to pay more constructive attention...