Word: ascertainment
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...among them H. L. Mencken - a very dull novel. But unquestionably it has some erotic passages which are intelligible to the sophisticated intelligentsia, Whether they were understood by his daughter or not Justice Ford did not say; whether her mind was corrupted by them he did not try to ascertain. But Justice Ford, being a lawyer and used to the obscure and euphemistic language of legal pleading, understood them and was out raged. Because his daughter might have been shocked by some highly literary but indecent expression, Justice Ford set about outlawing the whole body of literature from the Greek...
Wars start in two ways: a country may be attacked or may itself attack. In discussing the future fate of the United States it would perhaps be wise to scan what has happened in the past, and to ascertain whether we have been the victim or wars started by others or have indulged in those begun by ourselves...
...Federal Tariff Commission, which is conducting an analysis of the sugar situation to ascertain whether the President is justified in exercising the sliding scale provisions of the Fordney-Mc Cumber Tariff Law, whereby the tariff on sugar can be reduced by 50% at the President's discretion...
However, having grasped these fundamentals of the cheese industry, one can appreciate the anxiety of the cheese magnates. Clearly the holes must be orthodox, but if in order to ascertain their size, the cheese must be cut, an other calamity befalls, the cheese is spoiled. Here it is that Science shows herself truly worthy. The formidable X ray, already victor in a thousand fields, provides the quaking cheese bayous with the solution. A photograph was taken and eureka, "the holes developed on the negative as distinct dark spots". What could be more magnificent...
...clock this evening the Union will give its first moving picture entertainment in the Living Room for members and their guests who are not students in the University. The program for this evening will consist of various types of pictures, and an effort will be made to ascertain the particular character of picture which the audience prefers...