Word: remain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question remains how, if three parties are to remain, is the nation to be guarded against too frequent dissolutions? I should on no ground leave to the monarch the invidious and dangerous task of being the guardian. . . . Looking ahead, however, one of two things may have to be done. The present maximum life of the House of Commons is five years. Shall we be driven to fix a minimum? If we were it ought not to be more than three years. As an alternative, could the House of Commons be made to decide its own dissolution within the maximum period...
...dinner given by the ex-Ministers of the Revolutionary Government, M. Venizelos said: "I intend to remain only until I obtain what I came for, namely, to suppress the probability of civil war. I am not asking the Greeks to do the impossible. I do not expect all Greeks to become friends, but I want them to become accustomed to respect the popular voice of the people and to see that when one party is in power it will not wield its power unfairly against those out of office...
...meeting of the Sophomore Glee Club last night 40 members of last year's Freshman club reported for reorganization. The officers of the club will remain the same as last year...
This is true largely because its success is not yet conclusively proved. The "examination" so offered is not one which could be universally applied; for there are many courses which require a more minute knowledge. These--for the most part elementary, or at least fundamental--must remain unaffected by this innovation. Beyond these, in the more general courses even, bluffing becomes easier in the new type of exam. More careful and intelligent reading and correcting of papers is a requisite...
...Proposition III--Rigorous Enforcement 97(+20)*=117 36 15 168 TOTAL FOR UNIVERSITY Proposition I--Repeal 844 1630 320 2794 Proposition II--Modification 1471 1047 276 2794 Proposition III--Rigorous Enforcement 995(+493)*=1488 940 366 2794 *Includes, in parentheses, those who favored rigorous enforcement while the existing laws remain on the statute books but who also favored repeal or modification or both...