Word: come
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first contact of the British party with the new world will be made this morning when it is met by Professor Moore, for although the steamer arrived at Commonwealth pier yesterday afternoon its passengers come ashore for the first time this morning...
...character of the students who come to the Forest for advanced work or research is also significant. Of the five who are registered for 1927-28, all are men from established positions in state or federal service, two from experiment stations and three from executive or extension departments. These five represent as many schools of forestry: California, Minnesota, Pennsylvania State, Syracuse, and Maine. At the last Commencement seven degrees were given, six masters in forestry and one doctor of science. These men also were from widely scattered localities and were in general capable of doing productive advance work...
Ambassadors Houghton (medium height, plump cheeks) and Herrick (tall, grizzled) were due to appear, having come home from their posts in England and France, respectively, to partake in the deliberations of the party from whom they hold their portfolios. Ambassador Morrow was home from Mexico, too, but not expected in Kansas City. Mr. Morrow did his conferring last week in Washington with President Coolidge, then retired from the public scene...
...seating arrangement is tactical, not alphabetical. This year, Maine's delegation is front-and-centre. Front right (facing the rostrum) is California; front left, Pennsylvania. Behind California will sit a string of western delegations. Behind Maine are the other New England States, then New York. Behind Pennsylvania come Ohio and other Midwesterners. Southerners are relegated to the rear...
Democrats sat back to see what decision the Republican 1,089 delegates, all of whom were now chosen, would come to among themselves. The votes of 545 would settle the matter, but with many a delegate unpledged, many another uncertain, many another unaccredited, the result could not be figured out to a mathematical certainty on paper. Last week's odds in Wall Street were...