Word: branches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Esme William Howard is a member of the younger branch of the Catholic Howard family, which has during hundreds of years produced the Dukes of Norfolk. On and off Sir Esme has been in the Brtish Diplomatic Corps for 38 years and is therefore a professional diplomat. For that very reason his appointment caused some comment in official circles, for it has been the almost invariable practice of the British Government to appoint men conspicuous in some other field of life. Being a Catholic and popular in Spain, it was felt that his position there, as Ambassador to the Court...
...Marion LeRoy Burton, President of the University of Michigan, in a speech of welcome discussed the desire of the American college student for freedom to think for himself. "The English student has intellectual freedom, and in this branch of life is considered a man, while in matters of conduct he is considered a boy and is curtailed by rigid rules. The American student must attend classes and take examinations and is considered a boy in this phase of college life; but he is treated as a man in matters of conduct. The problem ... is whether the student...
Continued explorations at Copan and Quirigua in Guatemala and Honduras show that the southern branch of the Maya civilization not only antedated the Yucatan development by more than 1,000 years, but was superior culturally and artistically...
...other side of the picture is the fact that the British Government in London, bad as its past treatment of India has been, has announced that its policy is to provide for "the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realization of responsible government in India as a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations." There is evidence that a majority of the peoples of India would prefer to remain within the Commonwealth; but this is a question which will have...
...chief purpose of the International Clinic is to expose quackery and professional "beauty specialists" in this branch of surgery. No honest surgeon will guarantee a perfect result in this delicate work with living tissue, and sensational claims and hopes must be discounted...