Word: direction
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...result of public opinion which has been steadily rising throughout the country, and as a direct consequence of Mr. Clark's lecture in the Union last Thursday on the "Congo Reform Movement," a petition to President Roosevelt has been formulated by the Congo Association, and posted in the office of the Union for the signatures of those interested...
...plans for the coming campaign discussed. Men of speaking ability are urged to attend as there will be considerable chance during the course of the campaign for members of the club to fill speaking assignments around Boston or in some of the aim of the club to superintend and direct such assignments from the University...
...impecunious French nobleman, Count de Castleless, when Hathaway arrives. Disguising himself as the Count, Philip manages to get an interview with Marjorie. On the same day he receives a message that his uncle in England has died and left him his title and fortune, being without a direct heir...
When the war broke out, Major Lynch went directly to Port Arthur, which was being besieged. The defenses were of a very elaborate character, but the tide turned in favor of the Japanese with the capture of 203 Meter Hill, which enabled the attacking army to direct their mortar fire over the city and harbor, and led directly to Port Arthur's fall. Although General Stoessel has often been blamed for his conduct at the time of the siege, and has even been court-martialed, the Russian leader really did all in his power to save the city...
...confess that our ideal is a committee which should have some authority for self-perpetuation. Until we secure one man who will direct the football policy indefinitely we shall be in the position of the country of fortnightly revolutions which is assailed by an established power. The committee with possibilities of permanence seems, however, to approximate the one man idea more nearly than an annual appointment by the captain...