Word: exists
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There has been some criticism that Leverett is overorganized; this is not true, although the various House Notices may seem to support the argument. A House Committee, whose real purpose is not altogether clear, does exist. It canvassed the members for a House Fund which, after two relatively unsuccessful attempts, was abandoned without further effort. The two tangible results of its activity are a radio and a ping pong table, but as a rule the Committee is more honored in the breach than in the observance. The students themselves have had a large hand in whatever functions have been proposed...
...others. It is one of the three completely new units. Together with Lowell it enjoyed the privilege of opening one year before the other five; and the first year it had the distinction of being a decided favorite. Among seven Houses one absolute favorite will never exist but when Lowell and Dunster first opened the latter had by far the larger list of applicants. Indeed, Mr. Greenough had the College at his Beck and call. That first year advantage was, fortunately, largely wiped out when the other Houses came into existence and the prestige gained then has really hindered rather...
...scarcely possible to think that life on other planets does not exist...
...General Uriburu announced that his pleasure trip to Europe was really a most pressing trip to Germany where he would undergo a necessary surgical operation. General Baldrich repeated his challenge. The Government intervened. ' It announced: "Senator Palacios, the great authority on duelling codes, has ruled that insufficient grounds exist for this challenge." Meanwhile, famed Dr. Hypolito Irigoyen who, as President, was overthrown by the coup d'état of General Uriburu, was let out of jail, promptly resumed his political activities. Back from exile arrived the publisher of La Critica, the suppressed anti-Uriburu newspaper, and it resumed...
...declared a republic in 1912 under Sun Yat Sen, a civil war began which has not yet been terminated. Hope was expressed that a common fee in the person of Japan would cause the hostile factions to unite, but local rivalries which make any concentrated action impossible still exist. Despite the fact that China has been practically without one central government for years, taxes are collected regularly, police duty is performed, and all the functions for which governments are instituted go on without any officialdom...