Word: favor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cousin, Prince Abdul Mejid. Subsequently (1924) it abolished the Califate and banished from Turkey all members of the House of Osman, which had ruled as Sultan and Calif since 1517. Thereupon King Husein of the Hejaz was somewhat irregularly "elected" Calif by his adherents, but abdicated as King in favor of his son Ali, who was subsequently conquered and deposed by Sultan Ibn Saud of Nejd. 2) None of these three disgruntled Califs possesses all three of the traditional qualifications: descent from Mohammed; the status of an independent sovereign; possession of the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina. 3) None...
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...tempted to agree definitely with Professor Mussey whose language may at times favor the sentimental and the inspirational, but whose thought is fundamentally sound in that it presents a truth which is at the basis of much of the difficulty in modern education: the faculties often are too blinded by the masses with which industrial success has flooded the college to remember that those who really delight in learning and in culture, who can get at the root of things, system or no system, are just as much a part of the college world as they ever were...
...would solve many of the difficulties which have in past years rendered such philanthropy uncertain. After an investigation of the theoretical advantages of the plan and after having become to a certain degree conversant with similar methods employed at Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth, this committee wishes to report in favor of the plan...
Very little is known of the strength of the Lehigh netmen except that they lost to Princeton. Although the Crimson players are looking for several close matches they expect to emerge victorious, comparative score against Princeton being in their favor...