Word: limited
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...delegate estimated that to deal with, without skimping, the questions which occupied Sir John Simon and Lord Irwin for 36 months, the conference must sit for at least 34 months. But the British cry last week was "Speed!" The MacDonald government tentatively set three months as the conference time limit...
...squash courts at Dunster house are proving extremely popular. Up until yesterday so many students living outside the House used them that it has been necessary to limit the privilege of the courts to members of the House and their guests. This was done in order that the residents might have no difficulty in obtaining the use of a court at any time. The courts are open from 7 o'clock in the morning until 11 o'clock at night...
Greatest Achievement: the 32 nations represented agreed at last that the human personnel of the world's navies ought to be in some way limited, but how they could not agree. This was regarded as a "victory" for French diplomacy, as the English have always contended that limiting warships automatically limited naval personnel, and that it was silly to talk about limiting sailors separately. With great acumen the French pointed out that if a nation [Germany, for example] were permitted to have an unlimited naval personnel she might, by the subterfuge of en titling her soldiers "sailors," build...
...when the number of scoreless ties suggested that the rules may have to be changed to limit defensiveness, Ohio State and Wisconsin, muffing all their chances, added to the evidence...
...circulated among members. When the meeting began, Dr. William Temple Hornaday, on the side of the insurgents, read a series of resolutions which he thought would improve the ideals of the society. He called for a backing of the McNary-Haugen bill to make permanent the new Federal bag limit of 15 wild ducks per day. He also wanted to put a stop to the baiting of wildfowling grounds, the use of live birds as decoys. He wanted a Federal limit of eight weeks for the open season on wildfowl...