Word: iron-clad
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...Lewis continued: "Our demands as a whole do not in themselves constitute iron-clad demands, nor are they to be received as an ultimatum. Rather, we appeal to your sense of fair play. . . . The operators may as well admit they are compelled to fix a decent wage and that they should not be blamed for desiring to fix a price in proportion to it. However, that does not mean that the American public should have to pay more for its coal...
...been the traditional and iron-clad policy of the Corporation to allow no propagandist to speak in a College building. Mrs. Skeffington is considered a propagandist. In accordance with a rule established some years before she came to this country, a rule established entirely independent of Ireland or England or the war, the place of her address was shifted to the Union. The latter is the customary meeting place of the University, where all opinions may be voiced unofficially...
...election is brought to their notice, to take prompt action to insure that the honors they are about to bestow be fairly and honestly won. There will be close contests for some places; friends will solicit votes for their favorites; that is inevitable. There should be, however, no more iron-clad pledging of men, in clubs or out, to support a man for a particular office merely because his name is on the slate. Clique and society lines should be obliterated in Harvard class elections. It is impossible to see how the true Harvard spirit can be fully awakened...
...nevertheless, the influences of such conclusions are altogether in the wrong direction, and should be corrected with all the thoroughness possible. If the Base-Ball Association is to be changed, let it by all means be done with a frankness and belief in good motives and yet with iron-clad by-laws as well. - Yale Courant...
...learn the tricks of the trade and how to be generally useful. This is the main deck." - It was broad and very smooth and clean and sunny - "These old guns are not much use now; they're muzzle loading smooth bores and would stand no chance against a modern iron-clad; those two on the other side are breech loading steel guns, and are used for salutes." Tables were placed between the guns, and at each was a crowd of fine specimens of the American marine, some playing dominoes, some writing letters and some reading. Above from the beams were...