Word: agreement
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...candidate nominated by the President and Fellows, according to the terms of the agreement "must be at least qualified for admission to Harvard University". Any man who has passed his Harvard admission examinations will, therefore, be eligible. The nomination has to be accompanied (together with evidence of character and attainments) by a statement of the course of study which the nominee purposes to take. The tenure is for one year, with power to the council of Trinity College to renew it for a second or third year. The value of the scholarship may be reckoned at about...
...enough to assure the measure some chance of success. But once in the hands of the committee, there is little likelihood that the treaty will come before the Senate until in its stay in the committee a form has been reached upon which both sides can come to an agreement. Again, when moulded into such a form, very probably in the Senate it will be put upon the calendar and voted upon in the course of time, much as an ordinary measure...
...well illustrates it: Three boys are oppressed by a bully, so they league together to jump on him should he attack any one of them. There is a great sense of security and power in such a compact. But, now, if the largest of the three withdraws from the agreement, saying, 'All right, boys, when the bully attacks you, jump on him. I will then decide whether I shall help you or not,' both the advantages of the league are lost...
...heart of the treaty,' says President Wilson, 'is the agreement of all the countries to stand together in upholding the territorial integrity of the fellow-members of the League.' Now, if the United States, one of the members, perhaps the greatest, decides to remain out of the compact, one of the principal features of the League, that of unified and overwhelming power, is shattered...
...this mess. The purpose of the meeting is to crystallize public opinion in Cambridge, and to make the people who have been blocking the Treaty see that it is the will of the country that they forget their petty squabbles and peanut politics and come to an agreement that will bring the Treaty into operation as quickly as possible. On Monday, the Senate reconvenes, and it is the intention of the would be assassins to block any action on the Treaty of Versailles. They talk of setting internal troubles, letting the matter of the ratification of the Treaty go another...