Word: objecting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...object of the University offer It has been emphasized, is not to discontinue the Colonial Club but to assure the ownership of the land which is almost completely surrounded by college property. It is possible that sometime in the future the yard may be expanded beyond its present limits and the corporation wishes to make sure that there will be no complications with outside landholders...
...placing of students who want employment. It ought to be possible for every ambitious student without funds to work his way through Harvard. No effort should be spared to assist the kind of man who wants an education badly enough to work for it. This is to be the object of Mr. Daly's work...
...Switzerland, a quiet town a few hours from magnificent scenery, overnight from livelier capitals, is a choice appointment. Last week, Miss Lucille Atcherson of Columbus, Ohio, was assigned to Berne to serve under Minister Hugh Gibson* and Second Secretary Alan Winslow.* As another "first woman," Miss Atcherson became an object of interest. It was learned that her father was a reputable local officeholder; that she was graduated from Smith College, was Secretary to the President of the University of Chicago; and, since passing her diplomatic examinations, served in the Latin-American division of the State Department...
...Visit. The Prince's coming unquestionably has an object of the very highest importance to the country and to any Government, whatever its complexion, that is in power. This object is less a formal visit to the last unvisited Dominion, less a question of London policy, still less an attempt to reconcile Boer and Briton, than a national rally to combat the greatest peril of the white man in South Africa...
There is no such absolute direction as "down" (or "up") in the universe at large. "Down" is the direction of pull of the Earth's gravity. The rotation of the Earth has no effect on the "up" or "down" direction of any person or object on the Earth's surface...