Word: basic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Does the fault lie in the lukewarm reception which is only too frequently given to school and college teams visiting us? Is the Harvard social system so designed that it repeatedly occasions detrimental resentment among a great many undergraduates and benefits but a few, and is this the one basic cause of the trouble...
...matches, one with Cornell and one with Carnegie Tech. The match with Cornell will be the fourth in the National Rifle Association tournament and so the scoring will be an a 500 point basis, while the Carnegie Tech is an outside match and will be on a 1000 point basic. Ten men shoot in each, but in the former only the five highest scores are counted, while all ten scores count in the latter...
...population. Likewise the production of meat animals must be augmented, and as we approach the end of our land resources, only several generations separate us from a very acute and precarious situation, which has already developed in other more thickly populated part of the world. To meet this, the basic principles upon which the improvement of useful plants and animals depend, must be fully elucidated, and our cultivated crops must be protected against the hordes of insect pests which would ruin them if left to their own devices...
...nerves and scholarly intentions of those vainly attempting to "cram" at immediate tables should recommend the emphatic and quite justifiable advice to "go hire a hall." We can scarcely tolerate the existence of an association which so deliberately ignores not merely the rules of the library but the basic elements of human courtesy. "What are you doing tonight, Bill?"--"Going to 'study,' I guess."--"All right, meet you up at the table at 7.30." This would appear to be the formula for calling a meeting of the Widener Discussion Group; the extent to which its activities have been carried...
...decree on the ground that he has all the authority not specifically relinquished in the agreement. The union officials urge the board to assume jurisdiction and by a decision create a precedent which has the effect of law. In practice, legislation originates in several ways: (1) The constitution or basic agreement entered into by the parties at stated intervals for definite terms and with which the decisions of the board of arbitration must harmonize; (2) administrative orders promulgated by the employer and subject to veto or alteration by the board of arbitration on the ground of unconstitutionality; (3) judicial decisions...