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...those supporting the supremacy of the captain. The absolute control of the coach does not necessarily mean either the subordination of the captain or a lessening of his influence, nor does it mean the institution of a system of coaching whereby the head coach is to rule, as a despot, roughshod over rowing traditions or over undergraduate ideas. To those who expect or await the establishment of such a dictator to govern Harvard rowing I express an opinion that they are doomed to disappointment. There has never been encouraged in any sport that sort of control; and I hope there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: L. Withington for Crew Change. | 4/8/1916 | See Source »

...work well. Another reason that the two-party system would not be a success in France is the great centralization of the Franch government. The Minister of Justice alone has the power to make 8000 appointments and if there were one dominant party, that party would be a virtual despot. The committee system acts as a check on the enormous powers of the French Minister. What the French Minister lacks in irresponsibility he makes up in power, and what the English Minister lacks in power he makes up in irresponsibility. It is the maintenance of such features of administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY | 12/14/1910 | See Source »

...suspension. During these two days only is the Speaker an autocrat. As the Speaker is chosen from the members and is selected for pre-eminent talent, it is very natural that he should be the leader of the members. Mr. Cannon, the present Speaker, has often been called a despot, but he is a most benevolent despot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 3/10/1909 | See Source »

...must choose a strict enforcement of the law with an honest police force or a lax enforcement of the law with its attendant corruption and black-mail, and that when you give a mayor discretion as to whether he shall enforce the law or not, he practically becomes a despot. Moreover, a lax enforcement of the law deprives it of its fundamental element of certainty because no man knows what the law will be from day to day. He concluded his speech by showing that respect for law can only be caused by its strict enforcement which is not only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRINCETON WINS DEBATE. | 3/27/1902 | See Source »

...York agains Hill.- (w) In Maryland against Gorman.- (y) In Ohio against Brice.- (z) In Kentucky against Blackburn.- (b) The Republicans have failed to achieve any practical results in this line: Harper's, XL, 266-67; Nation, LXII, 245-6.- (x) Quay is a despot in Penn; Beston Herald, April 3, 1896; Nation, LXII, 170.- (y) Platt "most powerful boss the state (i. e. New York) has ever seen": Nation, LXII, 150.- (z) Foraker strong in Ohio...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISH 6. | 4/28/1896 | See Source »

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