Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Next day other newspaper correspondents read Mr. Henning's story; wondered whether it was a scoop, a violation of confidence or a mere hoax. They asked the President about it. His reply was cautiously emphatic: "For obvious reasons it has to be the policy of President Coolidge to assume no responsibility for press reports as to his position on public questions, made without official sanction. He has given no interview, made no statement, taken no position and expressed no attitude, for the purpose of influencing the choice of United States Senator in Illinois...
...When I left China I was reliably informed that Wu Pei-fu [since defeated and eclipsed] was collecting from the Peking-Hankow Railroad $1,000,000 per month. The total earnings of the road are $1,500,000 and the payroll $650,000 per month. It is obvious the employes cannot be paid-and they had not been for several months. Another dominant War Lord, Chang Tso-lin, is receiving the revenue of the Peking-Mukden Railroad...
...started an experiment to see just how keenly those who are taking pot luck about the Square wish to enjoy better eating conditions. With this installation of club tables an actual step has been taken toward a permanent system of this kind on a larger scale. Thus it is obvious that those who wish to see a central eating place, run by the University, where food can be obtained at sane prices and eaten in congenial surroundings in a fashion far removed from the tile armed manner so prevalent now will be doing themselves and those who follow them...
...sorts of homilies went the rounds, from the obvious one about "a little learning" to equally trite observations on the evils of Prohibition, of which, many recalled, President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University has long been a loud opponent...
...these institutions do not go well together, pep meetings and law and order. One is necessary and the other is not. So the solution is obvious...