Word: directe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...invited to stay at the White House but also refused an audience by the President in spite of the fact that her affectionate disposition was attested by all acquaintances on her arrival at the Capital, a rufous-bellied wallaby, sent to Mr. Coolidge by a Tasmanian admirer, was shipped direct to the Washington zoo with the President's request that she be taken care of. She was given temporary quarters in the antelope house, although not related to them...
...appointment is not so stereotyped as it looks. In 1913, the 17th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution was adopted, providing for the direct election of Senators by the people and declaring that in case of a vacancy a governor may appoint a senator temporarily if empowered to do so by state law. Since the ratification of the Amendment, North Dakota has passed no such law. There is a North Dakota law, however, empowering the Governor to make appointments of state officers to fill temporary vacancies. Mr. Nye's right to a seat in the Senate rests...
...these circumstances, M. Blum flatly demanded a direct levy on capital instead of a 14-year tax on "income." M. Painlevé dared not yield, because it was considered certain that the conservative Senate would kill any such measure even if it passed the Chamber. Still M. Blum insisted. He wanted a "capital levy" inserted "on principle," though the Senate should tear...
...year 1880 graduated for Yale Mr. Camp, a Football expert to whom Harvard can attribute the loss of so many games the past 12 years. To acknowledge that Yale's prestige in Football is the direct result of Mr. Camp's wonderful knowledge of the game, combined with his rare ability to lustre his ideas and to make finished players out of raw material is only to give that gentleman the credit he deserves. Harvard has undoubtedly had some very brilliant players, but, from some cause or other, no all-round players, with thorough knowledge of the game and ability...
Theoretically, the world would be better off without the menace of undersea combat added to the horrors of war on the surface and in the air. Although recent evidence apparently shows that the submarine can do little in direct combat with enemy battle units, it is well suited to destroying enemy commerce and striking fear into noncombatants. Even though abolishing submarines might protect these noncombatants, it is scarcely worth wasting breath on such a project at the present time. In the event of any great war in the future, the noncombatant population will be in far greater danger from aerial...