Word: kept
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Like almost everything he does, Secretary Wilbur's ordering of Marines last week aroused criticism. Why had adequate reinforcements not been kept ready somewhere near Nicaragua? Of the 1,400 men embarking, 500 were at San Diego, Calif.; the rest had to be collected from Charleston, S. C., Hampton Roads, Va., Philadelphia and even Brooklyn. Congressmen agitated the broader question of whether or not "war" existed and was justified in Nicaragua. Defenders of the Administration sidetracked embarrassing resolutions (see THE CONGRESS). But Congress could not silence embarrassing remarks by citizens such as one Harold Leavey of Brooklyn...
...sofas and chairs, portraits of French ladies whose furtive, lovely faces looked down with gay bewilderment at the solemn faces of antique dealers and U. S. ladies of fashion. On the fourth day of the sale the finest pieces were brought on the platform; the buyers, in their excitement, kept crossing their knees or powdering their noses...
...Paris during the peace Conference when he served as the principal representative of the American delegation to survey and report conditions in Central Europe and the Balkans, all contributed to his immense store of practical experience. The friendly compacts which he had reestablished with statesmen in foreign countries kept him intimately in touch with the world-wide movements. We have all lost a great teacher, and a friend who because of the nobility of his character was particularly qualified to interpret the affairs of other nations and so to enlighten his own countrymen...
...throughout the country until he travels widely. By all college men of whatever affiliation there is a respect for the Harvard-Princeton tradition that is wholly genuine and unreserved. And the ethical standards which the Big Three devised years ago to the end that emphasis on intercollegiate sport be kept within bounds are the standards very largely that have been adopted throughout the country by the various collegiate athletic organizations...
...life work," one boy wrote: 'I intend other life work." Each Freshman is asked to fill out and return this blank as soon as possible. After its receipt the Adviser is assigned. In selecting the Adviser, a matter to which the chairman gives very careful attention, several considerations are kept in mind. These are (1) the Adviser's personal choice; (2) parents wish, if indicated in the confidential letter written to the Dean or otherwise; (3) the Freshman's preference, if a valid reason is given for it, and the Adviser thus chosen has not already his full quota...