Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Alumni Bulletin, advocates a further extension of the study of source material in the field of government, where it has already proved successful in a limited degree. This system, he points out, has the disadvantage of not covering very much ground in a limited time, and therefore cannot be expected, at least under present conditions, to displace entirely the more common methods of teaching. But there are so few good lecturers, and stimulating text-books are so scarce, that the study of information at first hand has plenty of room in which to expand...
...young lady shall become a member of Mt. Holyoke Seminary who cannot kindle a fire, wash potatoes, repeat the multiplication table, and at least two-thirds of the shorter catechism...
...Everywhere, except in the moral realm, people know that they cannot successfully let themselves go or do as they please." The idea that it is the law of life to let an instinct like the sex instinct go was scoffed at by Mr. Fosdick. "Take the instinct of pugnacity," he said, "which is very deep in us. Well go out from this house now, get nearly run over by a car loose your temper, beat up the driver, batter in his head. How will you explain yourself to the judge tomorrow morning? Will you say, 'Your Honor...
...people suffer invasion through delaying military action. Finally, I decided to put the entire matter into the hands of the League of Nations." Meanwhile, at Kovno, Lithuanian capital, Premier Valdemaras told newsgatherers that Polish troops were menacing Lithuania with "intimidatory and provocative actions." He added, nervously: "This cannot go on forever . . . yet it is inconceivable that Poland should think of seizing Lithuania by force of arms, seeing that Poland is on the League of Nations Council and that Lithuania is also a member. Our country has little over two millions population- small, as compared to Poland...
...number of aircraft manufactured during that 12- month period. But he did know, through William P. MacCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, between January and July of 1927, aircraft manufacturers made more planes than during all of 1926. At present, working two and three shifts of mechanics, they cannot supply the demand excited by the summer transoceanic flights and by the airmail success...