Word: account
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...these friends of an immediate peace the desirability of that peace is evidently of no account. They do not seem to consider the possibility that the United States must protect herself as energetically now as during the war, or go down in the coming struggle of nations. They do not seem to consider that, perhaps, Congress knows a little more about conditions of things than they...
...recognize the fact that the myriad troubles which beset China are not all due to foreign aggression; that which is probably the most serious is accounted for by the corruption of the Chinese officials themselves. Embezzlement and the misuse of public funds to the advantage of private affairs is a common practice, exercised with little or no check, while not infrequently officials have shamelessly accepted bribes in return for which they have sold the interests of their country. But', they continued, 'our troubles on this account, scandalous as they are, are greatly magnified when the money power of a foreign...
...following account of the visit of the King and Queen of Belgium to the University was written by a member of the royal household. It appears in "L'Etole Belge" recently, and has been translated from the French for the CRIMSON by Yves Buhler...
Manager G. D. Saunders of the Yale hockey team has given out the following statement: "The hockey team is under a great handicap because of the inactivity of the old New Haven Arena, and at present we have no rink. On account of our predicament we are arranging no extensive schedule and our season will close by February 15. It seems altogether likely that the team will make a trip through Canada during the Christmas vacation...
...Saturday, December 20, the Harvard Gun Club will go to Braintree to shoot in a match with the New England Kennel Club. This will be the first regular shoot of the year, on account of the failure to complete arrangements for the match with Yale. The plans made to hold that meet telegraphically had to be given up, due to unexpected difficulties. The management hopes, however, that a match may be effected later in the winter...