Word: exists
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This annoyance is so unnecessary that only the clinging tendrils of red tape can make it exist. There is no reason why the length of the period during which an absentee may "sign off" for dining hall charges must be measured with sabbatical strictness. It is a petty injustice not to allow charges to be dropped for a shorter period, so that the tired student may rest from Friday to Tuesday in the bosom of his family in New Hampshire...
Harvard has lost by this action. Whereas two organizations formerly existed, there is now only one. The Liberal Club exists in name only. Since both performed a service, there is no reason why both should not have continued to exist. Surely if the National Students League merited it, it could have secured an endowment by less questionable means. Harold S. Saxe...
...Much has been said about the ultimate probability that cement roads will supplant rails as the cheapest means of transportation. Such a possibility does not exist; one freight train carries as much coal as could be transported in a thousand trucks, each of which would necessarily require a driver, with accompanying high costs. Only one tenth of the transported commodities of the country are handled by motor trucks...
...Joseph R. Swan of Guaranty Co. asked for detailed information, Herr Kreuger reported about $70.000.000 invested in "X." "Y" and "Z" but still insisted on anonymity. Last week it was revealed that X stood for Italy, Y for Spain, Z for Diamond Match Co. But the "concessions" did not exist, the $70,000,000 "investment" was pure falsehood...
...average Freshman, especially if he leans toward a technical field, is too anxious to finish studying, and start work. It is true that the Engineering School must always be an undergraduate school to conform to the terms of the McKay bequest. Since this is so, and the corridor must exist, let it be as narrow as possible, so that few, if any, can enter. Not many engineers would regret having spent two extra years in obtaining a broader education of this sort...