Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...accusations made against them on that account, the Germans make this remarkable reply: 'All modern armies possess them; hence the necessity for our troops to be acquainted with them, even if they have not the right to use them.' It is under this pretense that the units of the Reichswehr [German defense force] are instructed in the handling of the machine-pistol. The interallied military commission of control has forbidden them the use of that weapon. Well! the Reichswehr has none in fact, but that is no reason why Germany's soldiers should not practice with the machinenpistolen . . . . Who will...
Money has been perceptibly easier. Ordinarily this fact would possess considerable significance as to next Spring's business. With our excessive gold supply, however, it is safe to assume only that the declining interest rate should mean rising bond prices...
...courage of John Charles Van Dyke. He dares to tell America that not a single Rembrandt does she possess...
...serious novels. Yet, principally, he is a lover of a good story. He will tell you the complicated plot of one of his yarns with the greatest relish. He enjoys the working out of detail; but he enjoys most of all the underlying grip which any good story must possess. No amount of artistry can make a story if it has not an emotional basis. There is a good vulgar word which describes the quality of which I am speaking. Wallace Irwin has it in his writing, so too have Harold Bell Wright, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens? and the word...
...quota set. Knowing the worthy objects for which the fund has been collected, one must congratulate Brooks House on its hard-earned success. At the same time one may wonder, in view of the purpose, why the success should be hard-earned, why the average undergraduate appears to possess so little of the philanthropic spirit...