Word: move
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nevertheless the Thanksgiving pardons in Illinois are to be condemned, not because they were wrong in principle, but because they followed no principle save that of political expediency. Undoubtedly it is better to have Mr. Lloyd and his friends free to move their soap-boxes from corner to corner unchecked, than to keep them under lock and key. Highly volatile gases are far more dangerous confined than when allowed plenty of room for expansion. But when the Governor of a state overrides a law and frees prisoners at the very beginning of their sentences in the face of a decision...
Hockey at Harvard has occupied in the past few years very much the position of the successful profiteer trying to get recognized in "society". Hockey has always attracted large interest and after determined efforts succeeded in making the "big four" major sports move over to make room for a fifth...
...invitation to participate has been sent to President Harding, who has had a fine record in ringing the peg out behind the office of the "Marlou Star." Since Tex himself is an avowed Democrat this is reported either as an indication of a coming party split or as a move for coalition against the farm bloc. It may be that the real motive is gate-receipts...
...prospect of a real golf course for Harvard men becomes more and more imminent. With the undergraduate campaign just launched, the Harvard Golf Association has made a strategic move. Wisely enough, the aim is not for a large sum but for a widespread contribution. It is out of the question to raise the full amount $150,000 or even a moderate portion of it, here in the University. What can be accomplished is to convince the alumni, on whom the burden must fall, that their larger contributions will not be made in vain. They must be made to realize...
...appears on the surface. The change in the form of government would probably have less effect on the people than a sudden change from a weak to a strong cabinet. If the Fascisti set up a new central power based on democratic traditions it will be a move not so much to overthrow the present government, as an attempt from a new angle to build up a strong, stable, unified Italy...