Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...civilized world has been watching with more than ordinary interest the current proceedings of the League of Nations to outlaw aggressive warfare. Never has the prospect of constructive work to this end appeared so favorable as now. The world is war weary, as it was at the close of the Napoleonic wars; but, thanks to the recent London conference, the allies of today present a united front and a harmony of purpose that were lacking in the peace attempts of a century ago. Except in the case of Russia, the nations of today are favored in their efforts by comparative...
...only at the end of considerable discussion by the committee appointed by President Hibben last spring after the abolishment of bicker week that the new plan was drawn up. The system is organized to solve the problems of opening the clubs to Sophomores. It permits them periodical vists to Prospect street, and allows free bickering after a certain date...
...corps. As a general rule, a man is a good student because of the peculiar warp of his mind. The trophy is a group award, and will probably be won because the group that gets it is composed of boys who are naturally good students, rather than that the prospect of winning it will stimulate them to become good students. How this fundamental obstacle is to be overcome is not clear...
...both cases it is being used to excite fear of what may come if no candidate has a majority in the Electoral College. The Republicans assert that Coolidge is the only candidate who has the chance of such a majority. The Republicans openly hold out the prospect that the "calamity," which would ensue from a failure of the Electoral College to elect, would be a deadlock in the House, with the prospect of Bryan being chosen Vice President in the Senate, and automatically becoming President when the House found itself unable to give a majority either to Coolidge, LaFollette...
...vague reports of industrial revival, and a slightly firmer tone recently in the prices for industrial shares on the Stock Exchange, the past week-like previous weeks- has proved inconclusive. The railroads are coming into the season where their maximum tonnage is ordinarily hauled and, with good crops in prospect, should do rather well this autumn. Comparison of freight loadings this fall with the banner year of 1923 is, however, apt to be unfair and misleading. The exact crop situation is still undetermined, especially in corn and cotton, being still dependent upon the weather. It is mainly a question whether...