Word: exactions
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...interview with a CRIMSON reporter, Dr. Burtt stated that he could not divulge the exact nature of the experiments to be carried out, as he and his associates were doing Government work, which was to be kept secret. He added that the men engaged in making the experiments might be commissioned by the Government within a few months to devote all of their time to the work...
...records of the world, but a century will see the death of the oldest man who fought the wars. This year, and the strife which to us swallows up the year, will be but, a page of history, for the statistician and the biographer to prod into with an exact and impersonal finger...
...officers of the line of the navy, and for service in our merchant marine. That is possibly an even more important work than training army officers. An army officer may sometimes be born with the gift of leadership. A navy officer is always made, and by a slow and exact course of study in the sciences of the sea. The preparation, being more thorough, is therefore more permanent. When the peace note has been signed in Potsdam, we shall still need our merchant marine. Men who understand the study of navigation now may then be of service to their nation...
When Washington issued the call to arms in 1775, many undergraduates left Cambridge to enlist in the Continental Army. No record is available as to the exact number of students who fought in the war, but there were only 26 in the graduating class of 1779, whereas twice that number had received degrees in 1775, before the outbreak of hostilities. During this period it was found necessary to transfer the College from Cambridge to Concord, where temporary quarters were established for 14 months...
...will also be difficult to ascertain the exact amount which the University will have contributed to the grand total, although careful observers place this amount very high. Both the Cambridge and the Charles River Trust Companies will take care of undergraduate subscriptions until noon today...