Word: ascertainment
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...MacVeagh's "In Time of Hesitation" is well formed but vague in substance. It is apparently an accusation of America standing by while Europe fights, thereby refusing the "burden of the years." It is a little difficult to ascertain just what is meant by that. America is also pictured as "battening on corpses," which scarcely seems to justify the allegation that she is thereby inclining to disgusting obesity...
...Committee urges that the members who wish to attend form groups at once of from six to 12 couples and extra men. Each group should elect a chairman who will apply to the Committee for a box before February 5. It is further urged that each man ascertain that he is a member of the Union, remembering the fact that if he has joined once, he automatically becomes a member each following year unless he resigns, the charge of membership being placed on his term-bill...
...electors at large from the state. The elector chosen for the district in which the University is situated will cast one ballot next February for the Presidential choice of the majority in this district. That is, the object of the election on November 7 is not to ascertain the popular choice for President without regard to its geographical distribution. A vote for Hughes in Maine is not the same thing as a vote for Hughes in Alabama. Now the vote of Harvard students who are qualified voters of other states would normally be distributed all over the country, and only...
...general examination designed to ascertain the comprehensive attainment of the candidate in the subjects of this Division. The paper will be the same for all students, but there will be a large number of alternative questions to allow for differences in preparation...
Members of Companies A, B, C, and D should report at Regimental Headquarters without delay, to ascertain the number of their rifle and for their information in connection therewith...