Word: alterable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...America should join the League in order to help Europe. The effectiveness of America's entry, he said, would be negatived by European diplomacy and intrigue, and the U. S. could not reach the root of European troubles, the Treaty of Versailles for the League itself is unable to alter the provisions of the Treaty. Not only is the League unable to change the Treaty which is the source of Europe's troubles, but the League is the very instrument used by the powers to carry out that Treaty. Consequently the entry of the United States would only help...
...representatives of both teams to discuss arrangements for the debate. Although in the matter of having the audience award the decision, of limiting each speaker to fifteen minutes, and of allowing no rebuttal, the English debating practice has been followed entirely, it is doubtful whether the University team will alter its style of speech-making to match the more conversational English manner...
White light, for instance, when flashed from the frog's eye, causes impulses to pass along the optic nerve to the galvanometer in groups, while blue light causes regularly recurring impulses. As the investigators alter the color of the light cast upon the frog's eye, the rhythm of the impulses varies accordingly. Incidentally, it has been noted that the frog is practically red blind; the frog's eye transmits only very faint impulses from red light...
Unless bad weather conditions force him to alter his plans Coach Bingham will hold the trials for the spring trip on Tuesday of next week. These trials will not alone determine the men to go south and no announcement of the successful competitors will be made until the following Friday...
...what you will of the advantage of allowing the Senior more liberty in planing his work, that does not alter the fact that examinations can not be eliminated without eliminating the courses. If it is thought worth while, in the interest of divisionals, to free the upperclassmen of the restrictions of routine, there seems to be but one means available; reduce the number of courses required of the Senior taking a divisional. The system of courses is of necessity inconsistent with the ideal of complete freedom of study...