Word: offering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Wojciechowski, personally commanding a troop of soldiers still loyal to the Government, barred his way at the entrance to a long bridge. Imperious Pilsudski demanded the resignation of the Witos Cabinet, the formation of a Cabinet largely Socialist. Since the President's troops were outnumbered, he could offer no more defiance than to refuse the demand, hastily retreat to the Belnedere Palace on the extreme western rim of Warsaw, fortify himself there, leaving the city to Pilsudski...
...offer of the Business School to rent rooms in three of the dormitories in the School's new location across the river to members of the other departments of the University, has met with a great response. Two hundred and twenty-five men have already rented rooms there for next year...
...donor felt that he wished to give whatever sort of building the University authorities thought was most urgently needed. After some discussion and in-vestigation, it was finally decided that a new baseball cage was the most immediate and pressing need. The donor, therefore, made the offer, accepted forth-with by the authorities, of a cage to be erected at Soldiers field and named in honor of Dean Briggs...
...sooner was the offer expressed than an adventurous Freshman, who happened to be within hearing, snapped it up. He was immediately accepted, and forthwith pledged himself to appear for the demonstration tomorrow afternoon at 3.15 o'clock...
...Quinn. Chief Inspector P. J. Hurley, and other municipal notables to prove the absolute safety of their vests. In order that the whole affair might be quite open and above board the Boston agents decided to get a Harvard man to appear as the wearer of the vest. An offer of $25 was made to any student who would brave the point-blank fire of a pistol in the interests of public safety and knowledge...