Word: belief
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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COUNTY OF NEW YORK RAY LONG, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am the Editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine, and, as such, negotiated for the preparation and publication by the Cosmopolitan Magazine of the manuscripts by Calvin Coolidge. To the best of my knowledge and belief, every line of the manuscripts by Calvin Coolidge which have been delivered to me by the ex-President and which have been published in the Cosmopolitan Magazine was written by Mr. Coolidge himself. In fact, from my personal knowledge, I am able to state that neither of his secretaries knew of the existence...
...asked last week, and Mr. Young is credited with having persuaded the Allies to scale down the bill they would otherwise have presented by more than one-sixth. Ominous Predictions. Several mem bers of the Japanese delegation, previously closemouthed and ostentatiously "neutral," expressed to correspondents their private belief as individuals that the Second Dawes Committee would soon be on the rocks...
...coup was in 1926. With the franc falling to 3 cents, and no bottom in sight, anti-American sentiment reached a peak. Mr. Herrick took several hundred thousand dollars voted by Congress to purchase a new Embassy and bought francs, all the francs he could, "to show America's belief in the stability of France...
...physiology and biology this quicker, more ample response to meats than to breads seems to confirm the popular belief that man is fundamentally more carnivorous than herbivorous. In gastronomy, the Philadelphia revelations indicate that for appetizers, hors d'oeuvre, antipasto, Zuspeise or a "chaw" of preserved beef might well be substituted for cocktails...
Such an action on the part of the Scholarship Committee indicates the belief that student opinion on these matters is worth consideration. It may be that the results will bring no real benefits, but if the practice is continued it may set a precedent for future student participation in the government of the college. One certain outcome of this innovation will be that the faculty will for the first time be able to see in what way their efforts effect the members of their classes. This action of the Scholarship Committee tends to bring the governing body of the college...