Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...arousing frank discussion. It did. It was generally construed to advocate substituting for pre-Yale games intramural contests. Our opinion is still that this would be an ideal situation. For the present, however, to make such a radical change is impossible. But at the same time it is painfully obvious that the condition which prevails today in football is harmful to the college both from the educational and the athletic point of view, because of the tendency to make football games public spectacles, means of advertising, and revenue producers. It is also obvious that a continuation of present tendencies...
Because of the grave danger now existing, and because of the impossibility of immediately jumping to the ideal, it is essential to consider what steps might be taken to remedy the situation. The most obvious is the elimination of training before the opening of the college term, and cutting down the schedule to make this possible. It may also be advisable to abandon such forms of advertising as have been seen on subway billboards, which rather vitiates any claim that revenue is not sought after by but is merely thrust upon the Athletic Association...
...delegates at Washington who are blocking these proposals cannot plead ignorance of the consequences--similar ones have been only too obvious in the past. Without an immediate increase in revenue, China cannot hope to have peace within her borders. The Central government needs money to as set its authority over rebellious Tuchuns (Provincial Governors), and brings under her wing all military organizations. If, on the other hand, the present situation of the Central Government having to cater to these organizations for revenue, continues, then one may look for a continuance of semi-anarchical conditions...
...discussions of the matter in the presence of the American and British "observers". At the first of the conversations, the Japanese spokesman took advantage of the occasion in his speech of thanks to Mr. Hughes and Mr. Baleful to refer to the meetings as "direct negotiations", thus by obvious implication claiming a victory at the outset for Japan...
...establish universal peace, and nothing which the President has said has been able to discourage this idea. The explanation of this attitude is twofold; first, blind sentimentalism; and second, the realization that the Conference must of necessity go farther than its specified limits. For it is obvious that naval reduction is not of itself sufficient to preserve international harmony, because...