Word: following
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...college education is worth while for them. They could spend their time better in a more direct preparation for life. Some eastern colleges in limiting enrollment, says the Outlook, are legislating directly against being swamped by people who come to college merely because to do so is to follow the popular cry; but the great majority of less significant universities, continuing to take all that come, do find themselves surrounded by unavoidable embarrassments...
...essential that voters follow accurately the Instructions printed on the ballot. In case of an error in the filling out of a ballot, that ballot will be void only as regards the officer for whom the marking is incorrect. The votes for the other officers on that ballot, if they be correct, will still be valid...
...procedure will follow step by step as far as possible the mechanism of the State Court...
...under way at Geneva. But in the big advance since the war, we who stood out most valiantly for international law and order while we were a young, struggling nation, have not only not been able to keep our leadership, we have ceased for a time even to follow. To save our position among the states of the world, we must at least support the new Court. It is not altru- ism that I counsel. It is not helping Europe. It is not sacrifice for the general good. It is selfishness for America. It is our own national self-respect...
...became Governor, and held that office through all the difficult days to follow until he resigned it, voluntarily, in 1783. It has been said that his administrations were so satisfactory that it became 'a rare thing to see a counting of votes.' Trumbull was so averse to anything that suggested personal advantage that he once sent a message asking for the repeal of a law, passed without his knowledge or desire, which bestowed the title of His Excellency on the Governor. He observed, among other things, that 'High sounding Titles intoxicate the mind, and 'It is Honor and Happiness enough...