Word: met
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fact it has met off and on for fifteen years. On some notable occasions it has accomplished not a little--and has at such times been denied the deserved applause. But at best it is like the farmer in his rocker before the fire. "Sometimes he sets and thinks and sometimes he just sets." And "just setting" has been the prevailing activity of the Council for the past few years. Of late it is true there has been a faint sound of cackling suggestive of coming events, and the University awaits breathless and open-eyed for whatever results may come...
...morning of Feb. 18, Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby emerged from a private entrance of the Navy Department, was met by a representative of the ubiquitous press. Said Mr. Denby...
...survey of annual deficits of leading symphony orchestras (TiME, Feb. 11) stated that most of the defict of the Minneapolis Orchestra was met by one guarantee. This is not the case...
...Harmel 1G, who was announced as coach for the coming series, has been forced to resign by the pressure of studies. His successor coached both the triangular teams in 1923, and the team which met Oxford in Symphony Hall last September...
Those interested in big game hunting under the soil of Egypt, and in bringing their trophies home with them, met a preliminary reverse when the Egyptian government declared that no more finds should be taken out of the country; and a final blow when the Carnavon expedition had its excavating license revoked...