Word: limitates
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present the total "legal liability" of Germany to the allies stands fixed at 132 billion gold marks by the so-called "London Ultimatum" of 1921; but no one dreams that so huge a sum will ever be paid in full and the Dawes Plan functions ad interim to limit the sums which can be exacted from Germany in a given year...
...will deny the post-war necessity of limiting the number of students in the College, unfortunate as this restriction may be for those individuals who, having decided upon Harvard as the institution of their choice, are turned away. It is generally recognized that the war has overcrowded the classroom and lecture hall, and that universities and colleges throughout the country, have been forced to raise an admittance harrier in self-protection. Especially is this true of Harvard as a result of the rapidly increasing size of its Freshman classes since 1918. There must be some limit if students...
With the greater Boston limit seemingly reached the success of the campaign will now depend upon the response of the nation to its appeal. With large committees working in most of the major cities, with the worthy and deserving cause, with University graduates behind it, there is every possibility and hope that the goal will be attained and the Arboretum enabled to enter upon another phase of its active and beneficial work...
...Adopted a legal rider submitted by Señor Calles which amends the land and oil laws so that they are no longer "retroactively confiscatory." Specifically, land and oil rights obtained by U. S. citizens in Mexico prior to May 1, 1917, are to be "confirmed without limitation of time," whereas 50 years had been the limit after which such rights would revert to the State...
...principle of a dictaphone, the device establishes a connection after the signal has sounded, then it sounds a signal to indicate that a device, not a person, is ready to receive any desired message. This done, the message is recorded and punched out upon paper. Then, when the time limit set by its owner has expired, the device breaks the connection...