Word: instrumentality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...could not reach the root of European troubles, the Treaty of Versailles for the League itself is unable to alter the provisions of the Treaty. Not only is the League unable to change the Treaty which is the source of Europe's troubles, but the League is the very instrument used by the powers to carry out that Treaty. Consequently the entry of the United States would only help the League to perpetuate the ills of Europe...
...manly art of self defence is a splendid thing for any young man to learn. It sets him up physically; prepares him to stand his ground if assaulted; and renders the body a splendid instrument or the mind and spirit. And, for the sake of stimulating interest in the sport, contests of skill are needful...
...size and shade, the dark dots being large and the light ones small. Photographs under the new system are translated at the sending end into groups of letters, each letter representing a certain degree of darkness or lightness. To de-code the message at the receiving end a special instrument is necessary. This is a form of typewriter which, instead of reprinting the letters, reproduces the dota that they represent...
This apparatus, attached to the frog's eye, proved far more sensitive to light than any hitherto constructed, showing that the eye is a more sensitive instrument than any which it has been possible for man to construct. It measured the impulse from light a great deal too faint for ordinary human vision. The galvanometer, for instance, registered a stimulus from the light, as faint as would be that of a candle set 1200 feet away from the frog's eye, and did this, furthermore, with the front of the frog's eyeball cut off so that there...
...management of the 1925 Instrumental Clubs has announced that a few musical specialty numbers are needed for their spring concerts, to be held in conjunction with the Freshman Glee Club. Any sort of instrument will be considered, but specialties like the steel guitar are preferred...