Word: cons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...because I feel that I may take some credit both for the policy followed and for what has been accomplished under it, and to make it clear that my recommendation to the Corporation several years ago "that a thorough study of the seating problem be authorized forthwith" did not con- template for a moment, even a delay in the provision of additional facilities for general athletics. On the contrary, though this is no reason for more seats, the addition of even 10,000 to the present seating capacity of the Stadium would as a natural result increase our gross income...
...hasty trip to England has been one of complete pleasure and satisfaction. . . . Mr. Chamberlain is delightful . . . charming. . . the soul of candor and honesty . . . so intelligent ... so utterly frank. . . . Some continental newspapers recently made remarks on the con duct of British representatives in Syria.* After my conversations with Mr. Chamberlain I can say these representatives have always in their statements to their chief displayed the utmost desire for co operation with the French administration...
...Plan until they at-least equal those of the new. Such a change would benefit both the college Loard in reducing the complexity of their business, and, the College in providing it with a more accurate sifter of scholastic abilities. If candidates still referred the plodding preparation con the Old Plan, it would be incumbent on the College to use its influence in making the Old Plan more difficult than the New for any device which would turn candidates toward a reasonably difficult Now Plan would aid the scholastic standards of the College...
...Straton describes the evils Df dancing, which he regards as worse than "hugging on the sofa." Thus : "In the case of the dance, the two bodies are in closer proximity ! They are in rhythmical motion, one against the other, and the stimulus of music, as well as bodily con tact, is there to heighten the danger of wreck or ruin...
...Mowbray, as heretofore mentioned, had the difficult and important part of Lopez. He might easily have spoiled the entire production by smoking one cigarette too few or taking one too many mouth fulls of chill con carne. As it was however, he carried things off splendidly and even spoke a little excellent Spanish. Of course this Department doesn't know any more about Spanish than the man in the moon, but it has its own ideas about recognizing it. As long as an actor can keep going at the rate of a hundred words a second, without using too much...