Word: fair
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...George arose. Standing with his pince-nez poised in his left hand and describing himself as a " plain Euro-pean," the ex-Premier said he was a very old journalist-once he was associated with The Trumpet of Freedom, which had a circulation of 500 a week, " except on fair-days, when it reached 1,000." He went on to give thanks for his splendid welcome, stating that " no Britisher talks of Americans as foreigners " and that " the real founder of the British Empire as we know it was George Washington." He then outlined the troubles of Europe and professed...
Heretofore England has been the world's greatest empire; now she bids fair to become its greatest confederation. One step was evident when the quasi-Independence of the colonies was formerly recognized in the League of Nations. Another is seen in the serious attempt to discover the wants of the colonies through increasingly important Imperial Conferences and tours of inspection by princes and ministers. The latest, that of erecting a protective wall about the commerce of the empire, may with the others, realize the dreams of Kipling, the prophet of Imperialism, for a great sister-hood of English-speaking peoples...
...Condé Nast, publisher of Vogue, Vanity Fair, House and Garden, Le Costume Royal, is not a publisher of newspapers. In that respect William Randolph Hearst has the better of him. Mr. Hearst, ever watchful for financial gain, makes use of his newspapers to boost his magazines. To this Mr. Nast expresses no objection. But when Mr. Hearst's press undertook to puff Hearst magazines at Mr. Nast's expense, Mr. Nast rose in dignified wrath...
...tried to secure for their teams expert individual advice from graduates who have themselves played the positions which they are coaching, and results seem to have justified the idea. There is no reason why the same idea should not be similarly successful in track; at least it deserves a fair trial...
Unfortunately a fair trial is just the thing, that the new idea is most unlikely to secure at present. The track situation is deplorable, to say the least, and is certainly not conducive to a successful season or to the best work on the part of coach or athletic. But if the system is continued in the spring, with a head coach and with other intentions than those of serving as a go between, it will be of real value and will give permanence to a situation that is now in flux...