Word: elementally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...league "as' is," inflexible in their obstinate insistence upon the verbal inspiration of its author, have signed their own death warrant. The leaders of that group whose unflagging efforts made a world covenant-possible, the League to Enforce Peace, together with leaders of the most progressive and broad-minded element in the Republican party, foreseeing the futility of attempting to force upon the electorate an international agreement with which the body of voters could not completely acquiesce, have declared themselves firmly in favor of Mr. Harding, and of his desire to cleave to the substance and not the outward word...
...undergraduates than the noisy group who refuse to see the beam in their own eye, and the reply of whose champion is only in truth a corroboration of Dr. Eliot's criticisms. Instead of a crawling retort, let us frankly admit that we share the regret that an element among us does exist so lost to any sense of personal decorum that they constantly imperil the reputation of their chosen college and drag its fair name in the mire--only qualifying the admission by the demonstrable statement that the number of offenders is less than their apparent ubiquity might indicate...
...pretend that recent news from Russia is reassuring. The uncompromising attack of the Communist despotism on the great co-operative associations is disquieting. But it is not our business. We have meddled enough. Every element in Russia except a handful of expatriates wants us to keep our hands off. It is a crime for France to stir up Poland to try to be another eatspaw for French interference. It is not much less of a crime for any other government to refuse export licenses to any business man who wants to begin trade with Russia on any terms that suit...
...comedy has a real plot, which is unusual in plays of this character, and the semi-historical background adds a touch of reality. There is a strong tendency in modern romantic plays to overdo the sentimental element, but Arthur Richman has overcome this by introducing a spicy antidote of humor at any point where the romantic is a little too saccharine...
...Conference Chamber," are being shown at the Union. One of these prizes, which was open only to special students, was won by E. E. Johnson 3S.A., and the other, open to all regular students was awarded to G. F. Axt 1S.A. The chamber as specified represents an element in an edifice of national interest used for conferences between representatives of nations concerned not only with questions of State and Treaty, but also with the duties of awarding such distinctions as the Nobel Prize...