Word: expressions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When excitement at Washington was at its apogee, last week, over the Nicaraguan situation (See p. 8) a sarcastic hope was voiced by Senator Reed (see above) that the President would not express himself concerning Nicaragua and Mexico exclusively through "The Spokesman of the White House," but would tell Congress unequivocally what was in his mind. After letting the Senators fulminate for a few days longer President Coolidge granted their wish. He caused to be read to the House and Senate a message which repeated over his signature almost exactly what he had told the press for weeks...
...Allegedly an Italian inventor has conceived the idea of supplementing the stern propellers with additional propulsive apparatus to be placed along the sides of the new ships. Reputedly Signor Mussolini is ready to sacrifice all cargo space to engines, subsidize the ships, and use them only for express passenger and mail service. At such a cost-and it would run into millions yearly-Italy could provide herself with two super-ships, presumably so designed as to be converted into warboats of great potency in time of need...
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...particularly objected in the past that the writers of such criticism as that in the Confidential Guide were not qualified by their academic achievements to express an opinion. To argue thus, one must hold that every course in college should be planned, organized, and conducted for the "A" man, that the student who ranks in other than the top section of the college should be disregarded in the ordering and arranging of his education. The fallacy here is obvious. It is equally so, however, in the larger question of whether the student should express his opinion at all, regardless...
...Hankow and Ichang make a legend dear to the hearts of the merchant skippers at Ichang. Some say she was towed up by hundreds of Chinese trackers, and others that she came up under her own power, making sometimes as much as 15 miles a day. Yangtze rivermen frequently express the opinion that if she ever lost her mudhooks in her present state she would drift right down to Shanghai, unless her crew were able to get a line ashore...