Word: farness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...three University eights, however, took a snappy row down stream. On the way back there was a short brush between the first and second shells, in which the second had the advantage as far as Harvard Bridge, but in the end the first crew drew ahead. The rowing was not quite as smooth as usual, and the uncertainty of the international situation seems to be having an effect on the men. The seating was as follows...
...German ships which have been lying in our harbors since war began without a chance of reaching a home port have received, and as far as possible, carried out orders from the German Government to the effect that they be disabled so that for many months they would not be able to go to sea. The utmost that could be expected by these ships would be permission to leave port within a few days after hostilities began, Disabled vessels, not able to fulfill this condition, could expect no immunity...
These facts present a good case for the seizure of the merchantmen even in time of peace, and a far stronger case will result at the outbreak of war. "No German merchantmen should be permitted under any circumstances to leave our ports, and they should be immediately taken out of the hands of their officers and crews...
...Tariff Commission appointments offer illuminating evidence of the spirit that might be expected to govern President Wilson's administrative appointments if he were free to ignore or defy considerations of partisan expediency. .... The chairman, Professor Taussig is one of the most distinguished tariff authorities in the world, and is far and away the most eminent tariff authority in the United States. Seekers after exorbitant tariff favors will revile Professor Taussig as a theorist. He is a theorist who will very clearly see through the greedy devices by which greedy interests have hitherto sought to delude Congress. He is also...
...recommended that specialists shall offer their services through their own Schools and Departments. The University Committee on Military Affairs is in correspondence with a central Committee at Washington and will, so far as possible, refer applications from this Committee to the Departments concerned...