Word: chiefs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...question is required, the student must also summarize the shortest biography of the individual that he can find. The final knowledge which the student has gained is a superficial acquaintance with the external appearance and title pages of a number of books and a temporary familiarity with the chief events of the life of a single historical figure, too often of slight significance...
Although the long deferred decision of the War Department concerning the proposed new bridge across the Charles is that the structure must contain a draw, it is, nevertheless, an encouraging sign, for the chief obstacle in the way of its erection has been the prolonged failure of the government to reach any decision whatever. Another indication that the subject is finally attracting the attention of those in control of the navigable inland waterways of our country, is that Congressman McCall has introduced a bill into the House of Representatives to reverse the decision of the War Department. The only cause...
...connection with the fourth function which the council hopes to assume, lies the chief danger of such an organization. To decide justly disputes between clubs will require the most careful investigation and impartial analysis. Even between clubs which are members of the council this will be hard enough, and should differences arise between societies allied with the federated clubs and other institutions, an unprejudiced decision will be most difficult to reach. The officers of the Council of Federated Clubs must, if they hope to attain their ends, treat all organizations with strict impartiality, and appreciate the fact that priority...
...chief cause for the varied expense of the baseball and football teams is the difference in the schedules from year to year. In the past few years more attention has been paid to the minor sports than formerly which accounts for the steady increase in expenditure for these teams. Additional coaching and care of the Freshman teams has also resulted in an increase in the expense of these teams...
...public, there is a dividing line, often overstepped, beyond which they cease to be beneficent and become actually dangerous and harmful. That they are a necessary outgrowth of existing economic conditions is shown by the fact that they have increased in the teeth of active competition. The chief factors in this rapid growth are the limited liability of the investors in a corporation, and the tremendous power without a corresponding responsibility which lies in the hands of the directors and managers of the corporation to control prices and thus to injure competitors...