Word: mannered
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...changes would be made in the following manner: first, New Year's Day would become an independent legal holiday. "It would not be included in any week or month. Second, another independent holiday, called "Correction Day" would be provided for leap year. Third, the 364 days would be divided into thirteen months of exactly four weeks each, every month commencing with Monday...
...vast number of people believe that the Senate is holding up in a most disgraceful manner the world's only chance for a permanent peace based on international justice. It is not only the privilege, but the duty of those people to make their will felt. A petition of "absolute faith" would tend to sweep away the very foundations of Democracy...
...server wins the first point, the score is called 1-in, if the receiver wins the first point, the score is 1-out, when each player wins a point the score is called 1-all. The play is continued in this manner until either player has won four points, when the game is called for that player unless his opponent has three points. The score is then called 4-3 or 3-4 as the case may be, and the game is scored for the player who first thereafter gains a lead of two points." The new system will overcome...
...their country. But', they continued, 'our troubles on this account, scandalous as they are, are greatly magnified when the money power of a foreign government or of some individual outsider is sent into the country to keep trouble brewing between the different factions in China. And in this manner we believe the financial backing of Japan has been used not infrequently since the establishment of the Republic by the revolution of 1911. What we want is sympathy and help from foreign countries. We need to be spared the further complication of our internal problems by the addition of foreign interference...
...Brewer will address the club. Dr. Brewer, who is a member of the University Bureau of Vocational Training, will speak on "Education and the Factories." At 1 o'clock, Mr. Anthony Skelding, economist will render his humorous dialogue "Angels' Night at the Chamber of Commerce," an analysis after the manner of Anatole France of modern industrial leaders...