Word: barriers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chief among the subjects that remain on the agenda is the stabilizing of international exchange. The chaotic fluctuations of the present day are an enormous barrier to international trade, depriving Germany and England in particular of markets for their manufactured goods., Solutions for the difficulty are almost as numerous as the delegations, but they agree broadly in emphasizing a strict regulation of the paper money issued by each country. Closely bound with this problem is that of free trade, but prejudices and difficulties of labor and transportation enter here so strongly that little progress may be expected. Aid to Russia...
Today the negotiations with Mexico reach a conclusive stage. Indications point to the acceptance by the Mexican Congress of President Harding's demand for guarantees, which will remove the last material barrier in the way of our recognition of President Obregon's government. It is hard for Americans to appreciate any Mexican Government, Mexico City itself is a capital as beautiful and civilized as any in the world. General Obregon is an educated, cultivated man of the world, of considerable ability. He is doing his best to establish a firm, united government. As he remarked jokingly to a delegation...
...sextets, the game promises to be a close contest. Hughes on the Eagle's forward lipe is a fast skater and a clever stick handler so he is expected to be a serious threat to the Crimson defence, while Fitzgerald who guards the Boston goal should furnish a stiff barrier to the fast Rambler forward line. Curry, too, is an expert center who should speed up the Eagle attack...
...Claflin's men displayed better all-around work than they have in any match to date this season. The checking back system of defence ran as smoothly as the most exacting coach could wish. Downing and Veno, the two chief threats in the Westminster forward line, met an impenetrable barrier every time they went down the ice. Again and again one of these would try to break through at the far left-hand side of the rink, would meet a stone wall in Walker or Hill, shift the attack to the center, and repulsed there would finally stop dead when...
...curious and intangible barrier that separates the "major" from the "minor" sports at the University has been taken for granted for so long that the reason of its existence has almost been forgotten. But there is no denying the fact that the barrier still exists, and that the rank of the athlete who plays football or rows is pronouncedly different from that of the person who wields a lacrosse stick or wrestles...