Word: projects
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...construction of the first electric street car line in Peking, now under way, aroused the bitter antagonism of the rickshaw men, who foresee their ruin if the project is pushed through to completion...
...present recrudescence of interest in psychic and spiritualistic phenomena, partly due to the activities of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, has called forth vigorous attempts on the part of investigators to secure objective evidence. The most ambitious project is that of the Scientific American, which recently offered $2,500 each to the first persons to produce an authentic psychic photograph and other psychic manifestations of physical character, under prescribed conditions, to the satisfaction of a committee consisting of Prof. William McDougall (psychologist), Dr. Daniel F. Comstock (physicist), Dr. Walter Franklin Prince and Hereward Carrington (psychic investigators), Harry Houdini (magician...
Tentative plans for enlarging the Stadium by completing the north end with a permanent, concrete addition, are now under consideration by the Athletic Association according to information given out yesterday by Major F. W. Moore '93, Graduate Treasurer. Although the project has not definitely been passed on by the University Planning Board or approved by the Overseers, some action will probably be taken in the near future...
...matter of capitulations and the Chester concession, the United States has unravelled some of the tangles by insisting upon guarantees in place of the capitulations- as have the Allies-and by informing General Pelle that she would under no circumstances back the Chester project where it interfered with prior rights of other nationals granted by former Turkish governments...
...Chester concession, it looks as if it will shortly assume normal proportions, if, indeed, it sur'vives at all. Both France and Britain protested against the infringement of their rights. Canada came forward with a claim of a 45% interest in the project, and, last but not least, General Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal and possibly the most significant figure behind the Chester concession, is reported to have resigned. No reason was given...