Word: question
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...railroaders and to the public, this grudging was significant because the questions at issue in the St. Paul case were not questions of rates, rebates, wages, schedules, porter's uniforms or any other question about the actual operation of a railroad. The questions were: 1) The St. Paul having crashed, who was to blame? 2) In putting the St. Paul together again, how should it be done...
...intimation that he plans to visit "the chief capitals of Europe" on his present tour, and may possibly extend it by a brief trip to the U. S. When an English correspondent asked, "Is Your Majesty a friend of Great Britain?" shrewd Amir Amanullah replied: "I will answer that question after I have spoken to Sir Austen Chamberlain" (British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs). Attached to the royal Afghan suite, last week, were several businesslike, efficient secretaries who carried data upon the many, varied and picturesque opportunities which exist in Afghanistan for the profitable investment of occidental capital...
...many connoisseurs the question, "Is it a good painting?'' does not occur until they have asked, "Is it genuine?" Last week such connoisseurs took note, with panic or delight, of a controversy which concerned a painting called The Guitar Player, executed long ago by famed Jan Vermeer der Delft; a painting of a young girl seated in a diffused golden light, her fingers quiet upon silent strings. One Guitar Player was bought in London in 1896 by John G. Johnson and has reposed, since his death, with the rest of his collection in his Philadelphia house. Last week, British connoisseurs...
...with his Field Artillery, which he organized and shepherded through the St. Mihiel offensive, the Meuse and the Argonne, that social duties slipped his mind. Probably there was no book of etiquette at hand in his spare military headquarters. Possibly it would not have helped him anyway. A delicate question faced him. A great Democrat, he had no Christmas present for the greatest Democrat, President Woodrow Wilson. The shops around Luxembourg were bare. He particularly needed a notable present, different from anyone's else; intrinsically rare and of great value. He decided to give Mr. Wilson Kaiser Wilhelm...
...debate is open to anyone interested in either side of the question. Books and pamphlets on the subject may be had by applying to the reserve shelt in Widener Reading Room. All entrants in the debate should sign up at the Union...