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...room in which the demonstration took place is 100 feet square by 60 feet high, walled with brick and lined with steel to safeguard the exterior world. Although assured that there was no danger, the handful of invited newspapermen signed liability releases before entering and stood trembling on a high steel platform while the gigantic bolts flashed under their noses. Three huge transforming towers 30 feet high wound with 100 miles of wire and grounded in tanks containing 40,000 gallons of oil, the whole inside a protecting cage of steel wire, were used to " step up " a current...
...Military victory must be allowed to rest for the moment with those who have destroyed the republic. Other means must be sought to safeguard the nation's right...
...freedom of cuts. The ultimate purpose of greater freedom would be to increase each student's personal responsibility and so to increase his interest in study. But it is hard to judge whether the increased interest would follow the freedom, or whether the interest is necessary firs, as a safeguard. No plan which makes a sudden change would succeed: freedom and interest must develop side, and for that reason the cautious steps of the authorities are justified. Such mild measures as the extension of the Dean's List, and greater freedom for students in more advanced courses, are a slow...
...also inserted whereby the development of mineral fuel was reserved exclusively to Mexicans and those foreigners who waived the right of redress through diplomatic channels to their respective governments. On May 27, 1921, Secretary Hughes, in his note to the Mexican Government, confirmed the right of Mexico to safeguard her interests, but asked that Article 27 should not be interpreted retroactively. This was conceded by President Obregon in September, 1922. It was then felt that the intent of the article as applied under Mexican law was nothing short of confiscation. The commission, which will meet at Mexico City early...
...printing communications it is customary for the CRIMSON to safeguard itself with a formal statement disclaiming responsibility. The sentence printed today seems so appropriate that the usual precaution is omitted. Regardless of opinion on the subject which the Liberal Club discussed, a formal declaration of its creed was pointless and ill-advised. Between the means of publicity which the club undoubtedly has at its disposal and the not unnatural tendency of the newspapers towards the sensational, it will not be surprising to see metropolitan headlines declaring that "Harvard Students Decide Against Limitation." A real decision cannot be reached at this...