Word: move
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although air raids in the past have proved less harmful than the locust plague proved to the Egyptians; air--and not water or land--will in all probability be the battleground of the future. And with this in mind, John Bull has suggested a disarmament move which may be of greater importance in the keeping of the peace than both the Washington and Hague conferences together...
...This suggestion, if adopted, would violate the Contract Labor Laws," said Hugh Frayne, in charge of the New York office of the American Federation of Labor. He declared that the Federation would oppose any move of the sort suggested by Mr. Clarke...
Germany will, no doubt, make a more substantial offer, but it is probable that a move in that direction will not be made until after the anticipated fall of Cuno. Herr Stresemann, who will in all probability succeed Cuno, is reported to be in communication with the great German industrialists, who are asked to place part of their resources at the disposal of the Reich to enable Germany to give tangible guarantees for the floating of an international gold loan...
...relation between the University and the Athletic Association, but it has done more than that--it has advocated (and the Board of Overseers has approved) the "logical action of placing the surplus funds of the Athletic Association in the hands of the treasurer of the University." It was this move which has been interpreted in some quarters as a Crub an athletics and a "big step heaver faculty control." Such an interpretation is quite unwarranted. There will be few to deny that the University has an interest in the development of new athletic facilities and that the placing of surplus...
...long, however. The Henley flags were scarcely 100 yards distant and Bassett reciprocated the Unions' move by an equal advance in pace which soon squared matters. There was nothing to do now but dig and trust to luck and both sets of oarsmen taxed their reserve power to the limit in those final seconds. All to no purpose, however, for the two prows cut the line at the same instant, registering a dead heat...