Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...down were wantonly cruel in suppressing the rebellion, and, in some cases, incompetent. Naturally the French Government could take only one attitude toward such charges at the time, flat denial; but last week War Minister Paul Painleve said before the Senate Military Committee in answer to a question: "I cannot deny that the War Ministry holds General Michaud sufficiently responsible for the wiping out of the column under his command in Syria last year, to have withheld from this officer promotions which his career would otherwise have dictated...
...spoke of the Catholic conception of the Blessed Virgin, his admiration of the special love which millions bear to her, he shocked orthodox Protestants. Said he: "I cannot but believe that my Roman Catholic brethren have the right idea. With my Protestant background I would hesitate to kneel before a statue of the Virgin in public, but worse things than that have been done on this earth...
...Morton College is founded. By 1920, it has grown so that state appropriations are needed for further expansion. Senator Lewis advises the College president, descendant of the founder, to muffle the voice of radical Professor Holden (Sayre Crawley) if he expects government aid. This is done, but the president cannot throttle Madeline (Josephine Hutchinson), granddaughter of the founder, who insists that conscientious objectors ought not to be gaoled and that she has a right to say so, on Morton Hill especially. Deserted by her influential relatives, the girl is forced to choose between indictment on an espionage charge and retraction...
...passed over the extreme top of the world, but they have no way to prove it. The only exact way of locating the Pole is by a careful study of the sun, the moon and the stars, in their relationship with each other, but since the moon and stars cannot be seen in summer when explorations can be made, no one has yet found the top of the world. Probably Peary, in 1909 came within 15 miles of the Pole, and that was very close. On that trip Peary lay on his stomach for 30 hours sighting to determine...
...Rank List from becoming, except in an unusual case, a candidate for distinction was a step towards this end. This rule which did not come into effect until this fall, serves to emphasize in the mind of students and of tutors the fact that a man who cannot do work of better than a C grade in his general run of courses is not encouraged to specialize his attentions in some one field...