Word: adopting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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ITHACA, New York, May 12. Sentiment among the delegates of the Eastern intercollegiate Newspaper Association at its annual conference here today is strongly opposed to over emphasis being placed on football. If is expected that the conference will adopt a resolution in regard to the football situation at the meeting tomorrow, and a joint editorial policy on the question by the newspapers represented will very likely be the outcome. Over 20 colleges are represented...
...most important thing for him to have is a spirit of open-mindedness. He must not adopt any one side of a question until he has soon all the facts, and that is impossible until he has been engaged in an industry for at least two or three years. He must not take the side of the employer, nor of the employee, before he knows all the facts about both. It has often been said that there is nothing more illiberal than some liberals. The reason for this is that they have lost their open-mindedness, and become intolerant...
...bother with O'Sullivan's and patent medicines; buy a copy of Shakspere and rid yourself of all your trouble. Shakspere is advised as a sedative for the hurrying crowds of New York, and perhaps having tried all other methods of avoiding fatigue, some few may adopt this suggestion like the man who increased his Ford's efficiency 9643 percent by the purchase of accessories, bought a gallon of gasoline and started for California. He only had gone the usual twenty miles, however, when the engine stopped. Some, made cynical by similar experiences with scientific restoratives, may hesitate to pursue...
...word, China's problems consist in a right-about-face. She has treasured stability, she has worshipped the past just as we have cherished change and have set our faces to the golden future. She must not be expected to adopt the West; but she must adapt the West to her own uses...
...leadership among the countries of the world and take the lead in nation-wide disarmament--a lead so auspiciously begun at the Conference. "Japan is now torn in conflict over the question of reduction of armaments. France is undecided as to what policy it is safe for her to adopt. Italy, oppressed already by problems of the most vital nature, is willing to go as far as the other nations will let her. Even England is still hesitant. They are all watching America to see what she will do about it. They are all willing to cut their military strength...