Word: embark
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those who wish to explore the small obscurities of the past do so, but do not discourage a man from taking a large field and discovering now interpretations of it, or from striking out on some entirely original path of his own choosing. For whatever work he chooses to embark on, the student would be assigned perhaps two advisers or tutors, from one or more fields. The board of doctoral examiners would be composed differently for each candidate, with representatives from various departments, so that the whole range of his study might be covered and no part of it overtaxed...
...relieve distress and to subsidize groups. Already the government is speeding up its machinery of loans in the hope that advances to be made on commodities will send the price level up. It was a forewarning of this western revolt which caused the President to decide suddenly to embark upon the gold buying policy which for months had been advocated by Professor Warren...
...Bolshevism' of the Prussian State then existing forced many men, for the sake of keeping their concerns going, to embark on courses of action which were then illegal but are now understandable...
...loophole, in case the Empire countries should eventually desire to embark on Rooseveltian finance, Chancellor Chamberlain, who continued to keep sterling steady against the French franc and other European gold standard currencies last week, inserted in the declaration that "the United Kingdom Government has no commitments to other countries regarding the future management of sterling and retains complete freedom of action in this respect...
According to the present plans, the crew will embark for the West on Thursday, June 29 at 6.30 o'clock. At Spring-field the Harvard contingent will be joined by the Yale crew, and the next morning at Buffalo by Cornell. From there the crews will travel together in special cars, including an exclusive club car. All arrangements with the regatta committee are being carried on through the Yale office...