Word: question
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...certainly very questionable, according to present indications, whether a chapel would fulfill these requirements. There is an alternate scheme which would beyond question fulfill them. By endowing a number of international scholarships, named for the dead, Harvard would not only satisfy the requirements of the non-church as well as the churchman; she would honor her fallen in a noble and useful endeavor toward training men in the international point of view, in broad sympathies and understanding, so that the lives of young men might not again be sacrificed on the battlefield...
John's soliloquy took place in his little "Lodge" on the south side of Widener library where he now watches and protects automobiles of professors and instructors; and questions officious persons entering the Yard. During his talk several of his friends entered, but to interrupt him was out of the question. Once, while John was drawing a breath, one of the newcomers asked. "When you came here, was Sophocles, the great Italian Philosopher over there in Holworthy?" John cogitated a moment, and replied. "No, but Jim Slocum...
...present decision affects but one-half of the dual oil scandal. The other scandal was identical in most respects with the Doheny affair, except that in it the accused oil man is Harry F. Sinclair, and the leasehold in question is the Teapot Dome reserve. The exploiters have been restrained from further pumping until the civil case is decided by the Supreme Court in April. The criminal action against Messrs. Sinclair and Fall is still awaiting hearing in the lower courts...
...After five days of this wanton decapitation General Li Pao-chang posted up a bland proclamation: "I am touched by the numerous executions by my subordinates. They were prompted thereto by my orders to execute on the spot, without question and without trial. This order I now rescind...
...with Sculptor Brancusi paying government duty on his "articles" labeled NOT ART at the prices they fetched as Art. Paul Morand, French writer, said of one of the disputed pieces, "Bird in Flight": "His birds sing and fly through space." Honest Inspector Kracke said, "I was told that the question was controversial. That, of course, made me take the situation all the universe...