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From the beginning, the floor of the Debating Union has been open to all members of the University. And in the arguing of each question, the preliminary set speeches have always been short to conform with their function of merely directing subsequent discussion. The Oxford ideal of a free and dignified student forum to develop speakers of high calibre while providing also an extra curricular activity of some charm and glamour seems to have been consistently sought...
There are just two outstanding reasons for making these changes: 1) The metric standards conform to the decimal system (the metre is 100 centimetres and 10 decimetres; and 1,000 metres are a kilometre or "world mile") so that one can be changed into the other by simply moving a decimal instead instead of going through arithmetical processes each time, the same advantage that our decimal coinage system has over the English system of pounds, shillings and pence. 2) The metric standards are used in every country in the world except the British Commonwealth and the U. S., are already...
Before the Committee reported, Secretary Mellon appeared before it. He told the Committee: 1) That the agreements with Latvia, Esthonia, Czechoslovakia and Roumania conform with only slight variations to the form of the agreement established when the British debt was funded. 2) That some concessions were made to Belgium on her pre-Armistice debt. 3) That in the case of Italy substantial concessions had to be made because her capacity to pay was small; the full principal of the debt is to be paid, but interest will vary during 62 years from ?% to 2%. He called attention...
...Navy the recommendations are similar but with slight variations to conform to the different organization of that service. Instead of representations on a "general staff" it is suggested the naval aviators should be represented in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations and in the Bureau of Investigation; flying officers with general naval training should be placed in command of aircraft carriers, etc., and flying officers should be given general training as much as possible without detaching them from flying duty; no prejudice to a man's promotion should be caused by reason of his devotion to flying...
...have, of course, every desire to conform completely to diplomatic usage, and if you advise me that diplomatic usage in a case of this kind requires me to accept Count Porta's version of the occurrence, notwithstanding the statement to the contrary of the State police officer and three reliable witnesses, then I shall be very glad to consider again the question of returning to Count Porta the $30. These witnesses say he paid by way of compensation for the damage...