Word: objectivity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Said the Speaker of the House, Manuel Roxas: " We have encroached upon the rights of the Governor General because in that guise liberties are won." Said the President of the Senate, Manuel Quezon: " Our object is to reduce the Governor General to a mere figurehead. It is unpatriotic for any Filipino to stand by Governor Wood in his policies...
...Military Department and who is equally enthusiastic for the enterprise, hopes to carry on the drive for a hall which will put the polo team on an equal footing with those of Yale, Princeton, and Cornell. Certainly the permanent establishment of polo at the University is a commendable object but a polo team working under the present disadvantages is wares than none. It is not easy to forget the overwhelming defeat administered the University by a small college in the first round of the intercollegiate tournament last year...
...North Carolina coast, about 20 miles from Cape Hatteras, the old warships Virginia and New Jersey were sent to the bottom in target practice by Army aviators. The object of the practice was to determine the comparative effectiveness of various bombs from various altitudes (TIME, Aug. 13). Inasmuch as the battleships were obsolete, unable to defend themselves, and had their water-tight compartments dismantled, they were easy game for the aviators. Yet the tests seemed to show the importance of command of the air, and the accuracy and comparative effectiveness of varying methods of bombing...
...Corfu. To the inhabitants of Corfu. By order of His Majesty, the King of Italy, I have taken charge of the civil and military rule of this land with the fullest powers. His Excellency, the Chief Commander of the Italian Navy and Army, already has notified you of the object of this peaceful occupation. The customary routine of public and private life here will continue to proceed peacefully under the aegis of Italy, direct heiress of the great Latin civilizations, with only such limitations as may hereafter be imposed by circumstances. I have the utmost confidence that his order will...
...MacMillan's object is not a quest of the Pole, but a study of climatic and magnetic conditions in the Arctic region. The influence of the aurora borealis on radio will be observed. The discoveries of changes in the sun's heat ( TIME, May 5) and the southward advance of glaciers in recent years have given rise to conjectures of the possible advent of a new ice age. MacMillan hopes to find definite scientific data as to whether a new glaciation may be expected, but most geologists hold that it is too early to make predictions. The last...