Word: remain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...vocal pantalooning which, owing to their absence, seems dull to the point of fatuity? We see horses, it is true, even camels. But where are the elephants?" Alas! because of the inability of the stage to support them, there were no elephants. The disgruntled listeners were forced to remain content with the singing of the famed stars, the playing of an orchestra of 100 pieces recruited from the Manhattan and the Metropolitan Opera companies...
Future Action. The Government will appeal Judge Kennedy's decision just as the Doheny interests will appeal Judge McCormick's. The Supreme Court will probably settle legal differences between the decisions, but the Circuit Court of Appeals will try first. Meanwhile, both Naval Oil Reserves remain in the control of receivers...
Arthur Meighen, leader of the Opposition, said that, if His Excellency would consent to remain, it would meet with almost universal approval. He hoped that the Government would make an official statement to, that effect...
...another side to the picture. Foreigners, however much they have been actuated by self-interest and however much they have contributed to the chaos that is proverbially Chinese, have conferred lasting benefits upon the Chinese people. Monuments of industry, railways, banks, commerce and a hundred other things will always remain tangible testimony of these benefits. No less important is the high degree of safety in time of trouble which the foreign concessions have provided for masses of Chinese seeking protection. Many Chinese recognize all this; the great majority in "conscious China" are stolidly indifferent; but the active, educated Chinese, particularly...
From the student's point of view its complete success depends upon recognition that the experimental stage is at an end, Tutorial work deserves to be given greater importance. It must no longer be left to those marginal moments that remain after course requirements are satisfied. It must become the prominent obligation of Junior and Senior years. This means reducing course requirements. Now that the tutorial system is acclaimed a success, to continue the extra burden of the full quota of courses is to dissipate the student's energies and hinder his most effective development...