Word: controlling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...members of the Faculty chiefly interested have asked the advice of a number of representative college men, showing that no step will be taken which is not likely to meet the approval of all college men. It is plainly not the desire of these members of the Faculty to control the conferences, but simply to establish them and then trust to student control...
...Cong. Rec., 1894, pp. 5009-5010; Cong. Rec., 1894, pp. 2209-2210; North Am. Rev. vol. 157, p. 743. - (a) Treaties subject to abrogation e.g. Pearl Harbor. - (b) At outbreak of war Hawaii would be seized. - (c) Liability to insidious change of sentiment e.g. by Japanese or British getting control: Ad. Walker in Boston Advertiser...
...Annexation is unnecessary. - (a) Present treaty secures all rights: Nation, above. - (b) Annexation would not alter trade relations. - (c) No danger of foreign control. - (1) England does not want Hawaii. - (2) Hawaiian sympathies are with the U. S. - (d) We do not need Hawaii as a stronghold...
...especially called attention to the fact that a control of good English and the power of clear expression were important factors in the success of every engineer...
...overcome; and when, in addition he grows weary from physical fatigue, he must force himself to do what but a few moments before required no especial effort. Football teaches a man, therefore, how to contend against opposition from himself. It teaches, or should teach him, self-denial and self-control...