Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...maintained to man the necessary defences; and complaints are frequently coming in that the protention afforded is inadequate and leaves no margin of safety. This is the situation under the plan now in effect; further cutting down in the interests of temporary "economy" would imperil the whole National Defence scheme of 1920 and come dangerously near to being penny-wise and pound-foolish...
...Refreshments will be served and all members of the University who are interested are invited to attend. At the meeting on Thursday, March 30, Mr. W. S. Murray, chief engineer of the super-power survey of the Atlantic sea-board, will speak on some phase of the super-power scheme...
...good because it represents an advance in numbers over the previous pact. Four is better than two. The 53 members of the League of Nations is infinitely more to the good, and it the whole world could come in it would be the final perfection of the scheme. The more nations who join the better...
...essence, the committee's scheme is little more than a new flat money proposition. Congress waves its financial wand, and to the bonus is paid! Same-body gains; nobody loss now. Of course after election day, in two or three years perhaps, the certificates will have to be redeemed, but by that time everyone will have forgotten and the Republican gentleman from Maine, Ohio, or Pennsylvania, as the case may be, will still hold his accustomed seat, secure in the knowledge that the Legion is "back...
...many educational projects of today, few deserve more commendation. No one can tell whether the scheme will work, and there are many obstacles in its way, but it is certainly worth the $15,000 or so that it will cost. The chief stumbling block would be--always providing that the Soviet government lives up to its promises--the excessive conservatism of the farming class. In every nation the farmer is the hide-boundest of the hide-bound. What was good enough for the farmer's grandfather and for his grandfather before him is good enough for him; he wants none...