Word: failings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...commission has to do lies in a new field, and everything will depend on the way it is done. Congress is not likely ever to abandon any part of its prerogatives in tariff making, but a body of advisers who have the general confidence of the country cannot fail to exert a powerful influence. Of the capacity of Professor Taussig there can be no question. No living American economist surpasses him in achievement or reputation. Doubtless those who like the old way of tariff-making--a compromise among selfish interests--would call him a "theorist...
...been divided into three sections, those whose names begin with letters from A to F, G to K, and L to Z. The first group together with all men intending to leave College are urgently requested to make their appointments and have their pictures taken this week without fail. Unless members of the class who are leaving before mid-years have their pictures taken before that time, there will be no opportunity for them to get their pictures in the album...
...seems that all the officers should like to attend the addresses by the New York officers, and although the course is not compulsory in any way I will have to surmise that those officers who fail to show up are not much interested in their work...
Mayor Rockwood in commenting on the establishment of this course said: "No police officer is too old to learn new tricks and for that reason I am going to keep a record of those officers who attend and those who fail to appear at any of the lectures...
...surprisingly complete compilation of most interesting and universally enlightening and useful statistics, covering all phases of New England life. Written primarily for the summer visitor to this district, and especially for the motorist, this volume yet contains a great deal of material, both historical and industrial, which cannot fail to interest the most casual reader...