Word: retains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...further appears that the East has again gone the West one better. The Chinese propose to junk their navy in order to pay their officers. We propose, on the other hand, to junk our officers to pay for the navy we are allowed to retain. While the Chinese do not pretend that they are contemplating their changes through any love for the World Peace dream, the plan has at least the merit of fairness. A destroyer that may happen to escape the general demolition will hardly be capable of rejoicing in its immunity, nor will those that are junked feel...
...discussion of the rules of war, as to disarmament, will result in the abolishment of war. The argument that a merchant marine is a necessity to the nation in time of war is still a vital one, then, in consideration of the question whether or not we should retain our merchant fleet, contrary to Mr. Parson's statement in your communication column on Monday...
...committee of the Associated Harvard Clubs headed by President Eliot. An act of the Massachusetts General Court, approved last March, and later assented to by the Governing Boards, gave the University authorities the right to make a change. It was decided to introduce a postal ballot, but to retain also the balloting at the polls on Commencement Day, as this has become a traditional feature of the Commencement program which many graduates would be loath to give...
...number we had last year. For the first two weeks we held practice from the Stadium rather than over the regular course at Belmont. The reason for this was that the Belmont course is a hard course, and for a beginner we thought that we were more likely to retain his interest if we did not run him over hills, but confined his running to distance rather than to the distance plus the hills. Our judgment proved correct, for during the first two weeks of practice the squad remained practically intact. After the first practice in Belmont, however, there...
...effects of "mob rule", and as a result our ideas are generally not our own, but those of the great body of the people. It is our duty, therefore, to find out where our opinions come from to discard those due to the momentary impressions of the masses, and retain only the views which are the result of sincere and careful deliberation...