Word: governments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There is one thing more I want to say. China is a world power, and the other nations of the world must not forget this fact. She has had a continuous government for over 4000 years, and at no time has it had any serious setbacks. China's religious tenets may be somewhat different from ours, but there is one point in which she is superior to Christian nations. She is the only country in the world which has attempted to have the same religious formulae govern the life and conduct of the state as govern the conduct...
...virtues as primary ones. For instance he professes sincerity, open-mindedness, and a forward looking spirit; whereas the actual questions are those of right or wrong, selection, and real imaginary questions. Therefore now is the time to develop a Socratic spirit of critical analysis. Definition is necessary because abstractions govern imagination, and imagination governs the world...
...carried on through a series of talks, and demonstrations throughout many cities in this section of the country, some weeks as many as three a week were given without any remuneration to me, but only to try to get a uniform conception and interpretation of the amateur rules which govern all intercollegiate Y. M. C. A. and A. A. A. basketball games...
...many perplexing problems which has been left to the new administration is that of the Philippine Islands. Nearly every one agrees that the United States should not retain the Islands one moment past the time they are able to govern themselves and retain their independence. The question to decide is whether that time has or has not come. President Harding has entrusted the decision to two Harvard men. William Cameron Forbes, A.B. '92, L.L.D. '12, and General Leonard Wood, M.D. '84, and L.L.D. '99. On the judgment of these two men the future freedom of the Philippine Islands largely depends...
...rules as to fouls are varied. The A. A. U. rules, which govern intercollegiate games, differ from those used in professional leagues in that the one-hand dribble is mandatory in one and not in the other. Then there are some differences in the rules among the professional leagues and in this connection I might cite an instance regarding the throwing of free baskets from the foul line as practiced in the old New York State League and the Eastern League of Pennsylvania. In the New York State League it was provided that the man who was fouled should make...