Word: conforms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rests with the German Government themselves to create conditions so that the evacuation can speedily be effected. It is they themselves who will profit by the readiness with which they give effect to the rectifications demanded, as well as the care with which they proceed strictly to conform their attitude to the terms of the Treaty...
...This is the description of the legal driver of this cab. If the person now driving this car does not conform thereto...
...first volume of the history Professor Channing set forth his purposes to which these new volumes will conform. It is his intention to depart from the antiquarian methods of considering each occurrence for itself. Unity has so characterized all that is American that the inter-relation of events cannot be ignored...
...publicity stunt and a thrilling pastime, the train and motor boat race on the Hudson yesterday was interesting, but technically at least, it did not conform to any real definition of a race. Mr. Wood and his two motor speed boats were out to make their own schedule, while the train had to conform to a definite time-table, designed with an eye to safety as well as speed. By scorching down the river and then comparing his time with that of the Century, Mr. Wood could have run the race just as effectively, but there would have been...
...with the Six Nations in 1794. Indians in Oklahoma and elsewhere have sworn allegiance to the U. S. But the Senecas? Never! Their government, they set forth, has been peaceably exercised through chiefs chosen by "mothers of the tribe''-a practice somewhat modified in 1848 to conform with the practices of their white neighbors. But throughout all the disasters which have fallen upon their race in the last three centuries they have not yielded their sovereignty. Presumably the stubborn Chief Hoag is not ignorant of the fate of other Indians .who also had treaties with...