Word: firms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mills merely desires to continue residence at Washington and this Under-Secretaryship was the first opportunity which presented itself; perhaps he is grooming himself to be a future Secretary of the Treasury. But Mr. Mellon, in announcing Mr. Mills's appointment, attempted to forestall rumor by a firm denial of any intent to resign...
Hopeful that Minister Lampson came to inaugurate a firm British "Imperialist" policy in China, the Union Club of Shanghai banqueted him, waited over the cigars for some hint of Downing Street's policy toward China from their lanky guest. At last he dropped a most portentous hint. "Gentlemen," he said, "I am going to Hankow on my way to Peking. . . ." Thus, by a bland indirection, Minister Lampson announced that his real business in China is not with the impotent vanishing "Government" at Peking to which he is accredited, but with the new, potent Cantonese Government which already controls half...
...called intramural sports. Played in the open air and requiring fast, clever action, without the incessant running of soccer and lacrosse, or the personal contact of football, the new game offers an ideal exercise for the fall. The unusual amount of interest displayed by undergraduates this year insures a firm backing for the sport in the future...
...following letter in recognition of the work of the Athletic Association in establishing the game on a firm foundation was received by W. J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics from a member of the Sophomore class. November...
...bitter innuendo, may well mark a useful milestone in the progress of football, the game which caused all the trouble. For at the bottom of the break lie two important principles, new in the athletic management of universities, which the Harvard authorities had courage enough to advance and stand firm on. The first is the shortening of the football schedule: the second, abolition of a series of practically fixed games, each one of which was turning year by year into more of a Roman holiday, and the concentration of interest on a single final game. Both principles were based solely...