Word: predicting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first great trial. Can the League, with all its variety of interests, work together in harmony for the interests of the world as a whole? The temper of this first assembly will go far to show how much the League can be depended upon; like a barometer it will predict the character of the future of the League...
...perfect form. Not only Coach Spaeth of Princeton, but also Coach Nickalls of Yale, as well as other prominent rowing authorities, were of the opinion that it was the best Yale boat that ever faced Princeton. Before the contest it was admittedly an impossibility to even attempt to predict a winner. All conditions seemed equal. The three crews as they paddled up to the mark were equally smooth, equally fit, and equally primed for the race. All seemed equal. All except one factor was equal--that factor was the stroke they rowed. The Cornell and Princeton crews used a short...
...turn it to personal advantage. The nations that today possess the soundest traditions of orderly government are the ones that have sacrificed most for it in the past. Their history is filled with the record of lost causes, which have in the end been victorious. It is difficult to predict the exact outcome of the present Mexican revolution. Just now it seems likely that a new government may be established within a very short time. But unless there is a marked change in the Mexican character, it is not likely that the displacement of another leader will do much good...
...normal basis of finance where its expenditures approximately equal its income," said Governor Benjamin Strong of the New York Federal Reserve System in a recent interview as to financial conditions in this country. Governor Strong is one of the best-known of America's financiers, and, although he cannot predict definitely for the coming year because of his official position, he is inclined to believe that 1920 will prove a year of prosperity for America...