Word: proof
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Desired "to acknowledge with pro found thanks the reception which has been accorded to me by this country. I accept it as proof of their loyalty and devotion to the Crown." ¶ Announced negotiations had been be gun with the U. S. for completion of the St. Lawrence waterway. ¶ Determined "to maintain a policy of rigid economy, consistent with the dis charge of those . . . obligations, which is essential to preservation of the integrity and credit of the Dominion." ¶ soundness" Rejoiced of over Canada's the finances. "fundamental...
Heretofore Catholics marrying heretics or infidels have obtained dispensations by solemnly promising that their offspring would be raised in strict Catholicism. Because these guarantees have often been disregarded, the new law from Vatican City states that persons seeking dispensation must now give actual proof that they will be able to carry out their intentions. The fact that secular law may hamper or prevent education of children in the Church will not be accepted as an excuse. It is a "great horror to innocent souls" to have the law of dispensation "rendered impotent." Offending Catholics will be unchurched until they indicate...
...appeal is written above. The procedure necessary to retain the 150's as a minor sport? Think! act! Talk! Clamour for the game! Since a proof of your opinion about 150-pound football has been required by some "doubting Thomases", be sure to give that proof to them. But on the pressure and never let up until you are sure that we shall have the lightweight game next fall, and the fall after that, and every fall thereafter. Keep...
...Anderson evidence is good in its way. To get proof from a different angle, Dr. Millikan will soon send balloons bearing registering instruments to an altitude higher than Professor Piccard's ten miles where atmosphere has less effect on cosmic rays. And Professor Compton (Dr. Millikan was his preceptor at the University of Chicago, taught him how to win a Nobel Prize) will this spring and summer make a world tour of mountain tops lugging machines too heavy for balloons...
...chukker of its final game in the second division of the Boston Indoor Polo League, the Harvard Jayvee trio submitted to its third route of the season. The expert shots of George Clark '29, brother of the player who helped to overcome the University team an hour later, were proof against the Crimson defense and frequently found their mark, helping to pile...