Word: demands
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first time in the history of these annual meets in which the University usually participates, the Harvard Athletic Association has received no tickets from the B. A. A. for the use of members of the University. The reason for this fact lies in the unprecedented demand for the pasteboards which has overwhelmed the B. A. A. with applications...
...grim figure of the Public Prosecutor Krylenco arose to demand the life of the prisoner. This demand was quickly granted, but, out of consideration for the advanced age of the "revolutionary traitor" the death sentence was commuted to ten years' penal servitude...
...host's daughter. At Bahia Blanca, Argentine, after being shown the great docks, the General was received by the civic authorities in the City Hall. Then occurred an incident which General Pershing said pleased him more than anything on his trip. A young American woman, babe in arms, demanded to be presented to the General. Her demand was granted and she, her baby and her bashful husband were led forward. The husband was a former soldier in Pershing's army. He told the General that, although he had served in the War, he had never before seen...
...functions. It the man of today wants to know both how to live and to make a living, he must study both, and we doubt if there can ever be an institution that can teach both. Let our colleges quit this half-hearted attempt at supplying the popular demand for practicality. The humanities in learning have their distinctive values let the business school teach the art of making fifty thousand a year...
With the date of the "Harvard Night" performance of "L'Amore Dei Tre Re," given by the Chicago Opera Company less than three weeks away, a large demand for seats is expected...