Word: explaining
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Reticent Chief. No one tried harder to put the "Big Navy" plan before the country in a peaceful light than the man who had to explain it to Congress, Admiral Charles Frederick Hughes, Chief of Operations. To be on the safe side, he stuck as close as possible, almost word for word, to the statement of his predecessor, Rear Admiral Edward Walter Eberle, whose estimates of the year before had been revised only slightly since the Geneva Conference. It was characteristic of Admiral Hughes that he did not think to emphasize that point, to silence talk of "competition," that, when...
Sharp in summing up the convictions of the negative went on to explain that "if capital punishment is a way of protecting society, and is successful, then it is by all means just...
...that between two members of this year's football team, W. W. Lord '28 and John Parkinson '29. Preceding these exhibitions Dane Egan is scheduled to give a talk on boxing. Details of the spring practice and the coaches engaged will also be announced. J. L. Knox '98 will explain the changes in the football rules. The musical entertainment of the evening is in charge of F. S. Grant...
...think we should explain things," interrupted the Southerner. "When a man gives too brief an answer, get out the text book and copy right out what it says on the point...
...candidates impressions is in many respects the life-like, but not uncommon story of keen contest, disappointment, weariness, excitement, and the fascination of a newspaper office. But it also suggests another factor which is particularly important in college journalism, and which goes further than anything else to explain why great numbers of American college students will devote themselves body and soul to the pursuits of news and an editorship...