Word: medium
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Captain Percy R. Creed of Trinity College, Cambridge, who was a guest of honor for the evening, spoke of the necessity of building up amicable international relationships through the medium of sports. "The future of civilization," he said, "depends on the help and cooperation of the English speaking people. Water Hines Page in his letters has said 'The ignorance of peoples about each other is beyond all belief." If this is true, it is necessary to remove that irgnorance, a task which cannot be accomplished solely through propaganda...
...interview in which the Dictator (real name Marquis de Estella) defended his regime, he was described as "robust, determined, democratic, above medium height, with a small bald patch surrounded by dark hair and with an upper lip bristling with mustachios...
Gold serves very well as a medium of international understanding. Providing he has a plentiful supply of it the American traveller can journey from Oshkosh to Shanghai without once using anything but sound English oaths and a simple sign language. To hear the dusky Malays chew American gum and chatter the same English patois that could be heard at home would take not a little of the mystery and romance out of travel. And if predictions proved correct so that through a common tongue all nations of the world arrived at mutual understanding and peace the entire company of admirals...
Watkins, a slight young man of medium height, swung on the burly Gallivan, who used to be the toughest umpire-baiter on the Harvard ball teams of the 80's.* Members intervened and bore off the rash Oregonian before he could hurt himself...
Since the always-inviting subject of "pacifism" has again presented itself at the University in a definite shape through the medium of the Debating Union, some reflection on the question is inevitable. And in any consideration there must be two phases. First, "is war the worst evil around? Assuming that war is more to be avoided than anything else, or at any rate, extremely undesirable, how may it best he prevented...