Word: discuss
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...willingness of the American Government to surrender its then com- manding lead in battleship construction and to leave its positions without further fortification was predicated upon, among other things, the self-denying covenants contained in the Nine-Power Treaty . . . against military aggrandizement at the expense of China. One cannot discuss the possibility of modifying or abrogating the provisions of the Nine-Power Treaty without considering at the same time the other promises upon which they were really de-pendent." In these carefully guarded words lay Secretary Stimson's most potent threat against Japan and its Shanghai gesture...
...purpose of this review to discuss the political qualifications of Mr. Roosevelt but it is difficult to see how a book of this kind can aid in his progress. Mr. Roosevelt's life is dramatic and important enough to make it the subject of an interesting account later on. Fortunately, his later biographer will not have to turn to the present book for reference...
Students from over a score of foreign countries will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at a gathering of the International Council in the Main Parlor of the Phillips Brooks House to discuss Italy under the Fascist regime. Nicolo Tucci, professor of Political Economy, at Amherst, will address the group on the history and recent developments of Fascism, stressing the accomplishments and improvements that have been brought about under the dictatorship. The regime has fired Italians with a great political consciousness and patriotism and at the same time has safeguarded the country from the menace of Communism, Professor Tucci believes...
There is of course a modicum of plot, but when the bacillus, at the end of Act 1, announces that "The play is now virtually at an end, but the actors will discuss it at length for two acts more," some are willing to add with him that "the exits are all in order." Tuesday night no one followed his hint, though in the final soliloquy there were some who gave up and left. For only in the last act does Shaw cry out in a loud voice what his puppets (and most of them were but taken...
...automobile speed record? Who is Judge Cardoza? The remaining part of the examination is designed to take two hours. From a list of twelve essay topics, three subjects must be chosen and a concise essay of from 250 to 600 words written on each subject. Sample questions are: Discuss England and the gold standard, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and Issues left unsettled by the Treaty of Versailles