Word: mammoth
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Recent events show that the battleship's usefulness has passed its maximum point. A serious inquiry on the advisability of continuing the construction of mammoth cruisers has been made by the British Council of imperial Defense. Admiral von Scheer, who commanded the German fleet at Jutland, has expressed the view of the Fatherland that the surrender of its surface vessels contains little excuse for regret. Secretary Daniels has ordered for the near future a definite test of the battleship's vulnerability which may have an important effect in determining our naval policy. Public opinion everywhere seems adverse to pursuing...
...himself an old football player, sounded a serious note of warning that college sport is approaching that same dangerous position which resulted in nation-wide curtailment fifteen years ago. He named overintensification in sport and the dangers of contamination from professional methods as likely to leave the college with mammoth stadiums, built in the present period of enthusiasm, but desolate a few years hence, if college faculties decide that the primary purpose of colleges is education and not athletics. He pointed out that the present craze for athletics, if not guarded zealously, might lead to such restrictive action...
...allowed the cadets all guest privileges Riding passes were provided for those who stayed at camp. Besides these recreational facilities, several trips were arranged for the cadets, one to the Kentucky Army Horse Show, a trip down the Ohio, an excursion to Lincoln's birthplace and a visit to Mammoth Cave...
...Supreme Court announced yesterday, the steel trust has won its second big victory within six months. The economic strength of Judge Gary and his associates enabled them to stand off the insistent efforts of the employees to get their union recognized; and now the strength of the mammoth combine before the law has been reinforced by the highest court in the United States. Assaulted from one quarter by labor and from another by the government, organized capital ("big business") stands firm and continues production...