Word: objectivity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This simple method of murdering a bill is called " filibuster." Any senator can speak on any subject at any time at any length; nothing can stop him but physical exhaustion. Friends and foes of the measure regard a filibuster as a sporting proposition. The object of the supporting side is to find a strategic error in the vocal armor of the filibusterers and obtain the floor to bring the measure to a vote. That happened several years ago to Senator LaFollette, who, after talking 18 hours, lost the floor and saw the bill passed in five minutes...
...object of the statesman's visit is of an unofficial nature, but he will be ready to give his views on the League if called upon...
...with the thorns of imperial rivalries. Due to a military incident war with England was threatened over Fashoda, a mud village in the heart of Africa. Later, when diplomatic relations had been strengthened by the Entente Cordiale, came the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Tangiers with the ulterior object of testing the young Franco-British friendship. The visit caused the downfall of Delcassé, but his diplomatic triumph became evident in later years when Germany found that her filibustering attempts in Morocco had succeeded in alienating the whole world except obsequious Austria...
...appearing in special matinees of a new dramatization of the familiar story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Emphasis is placed less on the romantic phase of the situation and more on the mental struggle of Dr. Jekyll than in the former dramatization. It is maintained that Stevenson's chief object was to emphasize the moral effect of the habit of evil on a character normally good...
...first meeting of the Freshman dormitory choruses will be held this evening at 7 o'clock in the Common Rooms of the respective halls. The object of the choruses will be briefly explained by A. W. Wright 4M., who is in charge of the singing at the Freshman Jubilee. Following this a short rehearsal will take place in each of the three halls...