Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...number of the Lampoon which is issued today is decidedly attractive. As usual, the illustrations are the distinctive feature while the written articles are of far less uniform excellence. The cover drawing is artistic, though with little claim to originality. The centre page and a black-and-white by R. Edwards are both well executed, the former being especially pleasing for its freedom and unconventionality. Of the articles, the cleverest are the specimen lecture and "Life in the Chem...
...Aposties' Creed is praised because it is a statement of facts; but the facts need to be shown as having a spiritual import. The Father must not mean Creator merely, but the Righteous Friend and Lover of men, the source of all beneficence. The position we claim for the Son must not be so much a metaphysical as a moral supremacy. The old creeds, if moral interpretation be given them, even the Athanasian Creed may be used for the support of a moral and social faith. Coming to the Confessions of the Reformation period, we must understand their watchword, "Faith...
...officials are accustomed at the present time to blow their whistles as soon as a foul is made. One side might try to claim the right to decline a penalty under rule 28. K. Note. And the other side might say at once they heard the whistle. Everybody knows there is a difference in the play after the players hear the whistle. The officials should be instructed not to blow the whistle when they note some foul or irregular play until the ball is dead and then they must report such fact to the captain of the non-offending side...
...question was whether the statute should be interpreted to mean that the Park Commission should not take more than $200,000 worth of land in one year, or that they should not expend money at a greater rate than $200,000 a year for land so taken. The respondents claimed that the latter was the true interpretation of the law, and that they were therefore entitled to purchase the tract of land in question; for as the board expended but 463,000 last year, there was a balance of $137,000 in the treasury which could be legally devoted...
...Letchworth, aed E. Bernbaum. The Sophomores contended that the retention of the Philippines would increase the trade of the United States with the islands of the Pacific and with China, and that the Filipinos would never be capable of self-government. The Freshmen were unable to refute these claims satisfactorily, and rested their case on the claim that it was best for the United States to cede the Philippines to Germany. The Sophomores overthrew both the advisability and the possibility of this...