Word: met
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Secretary of State Hughes attempted to ease the Mexican situation (TIME, Jan. 7 et seq.) without damage to U. S. interests and without hostilities. He met with difficulties. The light cruiser Tacoma, which has been patrolling the Mexican coast for some time, after putting in at Galveston, ran aground on Blanquilla Reef on its return to Vera Cruz, Rebel capital. There are normally five different lights visible at that point, but it is believed that these were extinguished by the Rebels. The greater part of the crew was taken ashore. The cruiser, still manned by a small complement...
...gray suit, soft shirt, loosely tied scarf, shook his tousled yellow hair engagingly, introduced me to the beautiful lady with whom he was dancing and sat down. They were Mr. and Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Scott seems to have changed not one whit from the first time I met him at Princeton, when he was an eager undergraduate bent upon becoming a great author. He is still eager. He is still bent upon becoming a great author. He is at work now on a novel which his wife assures me is far far better than either This Side...
...building of St. Peter's Church in Rome covered almost a century, and the cost was met by all Europe. The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary may require an even longer time and greater fortune...
...here today with an express purpose," he said. "I want to leave a few kindly thoughts with you. It is good for us that we have met one another. When men and countries know and understand each other, they like each other. We need more understanding and sympathy...
...demand on the part of students for an opportunity to participate in some form of wholesome exercise during the indoor season cannot possibly be met by the present facilities. Extensive alterations at the Hemenway Gymnasium, Squash Courts, and Freshman Athletic Building have failed to meet the ever-growing need of additional indoor space. The only possible solution seems to be the erection of a new plant to supplement the existing facilities. Such a plant should include facilities somewhat similar to those found in the Hemenway Gymnasium and in addition, a modern swimming pool. It might very properly be planned almost...