Word: calling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator Borah took pleasure, however, in submitting his questions first to the round, smiling little Senator who sits behind him to the left, swart Curtis of Kansas. It was an act of courtesy if not of calculation to call on Senator Curtis before the rest. He if any one, is Senator Borah's "leader" in the Senate. If not the most potent, he is perhaps the most candid candidate...
...that in the universities of your native lands. You may find some of our many systems of instruction strange. You may think that some of the requirements of courses and credits are too rigid. You may feel that our community puts too much emphasis on the sports which we call athletics. But I hope none of these things will discourage you, and I think you will not find a lack of facilities for scholarship. Magnificent libraries and laboratories are open to you, and scholars of experience in almost any field are here to assist your explorations. I think that some...
...merely in deed but in words, Chief U. S. Delegate Hughes humbled himself, last week, to equality. He apologized charmingly, "I can't speak Spanish, you know." He deferred exquisitely, "I shall be constantly at the call of Dr. Bustamante...
Crowning the diplomacy of Charles Evans Hughes, last week, came an able address in which he displayed the general benevolence of the U. S. toward Latin America in favorable contrast to those occasional, specific U. S. acts which Latins call "imperialistic." Said Mr. Hughes: ". . . It is the firm policy of the United States to respect the territorial integrity of the American republics. We have no policy of aggression. We do not wish their territory. ... If we had cherished an imperialistic purpose we should have remained in Santo Domingo; but we withdrew...
...plans of the Trust call for a further extension of the Holden group of buildings. The first group was completed a year and a half ago in Shaler Lane, opposite Stillman Infirmary. The new building is to face the entrance of Holden Green, and is to be an architectural feature added to the present group. The building will be divided by party walls into houses and apartments, with not more than six apartments to any one unit...