Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Prime Minister's scheme hardly goes far enough. Sinn Fein agitators claim-and with a fair degree of reason-that this last bill is only a sham. It is certain enough that under its provisions neither the two divided legislatures, nor the single united one, are entrusted with anything like a sufficient degree of responsibility. Of the total amount of the Irish revenues, Ireland has control of less than one tenth. The police, always such a fertile source of grievance, remains in English hands. These are but two instances of how what might appear at first to be a real...
This proposal was in accord with the general policy of the Army officials who will take an important part in the conduct of the race and in the supplying of planes, with the aim of securing conditions as nearly approaching absolute safety as possible. Under the proposed scheme the pilots will be graded first on their landings and take-offs, the condition of their machines after the flight, and the economical use of gasoline, and secondly on their speed. Furthermore, it was stipulated that every pilot be required to fly 20 hours and make 25 perfect landings before the race...
...this trial the event will become an annual feature. Why should the "manly art" be confined to the Big Two and not extended as in other sports to the Big Three? Surely Harvard ought not to sit back and watch while her brothers in sport "try out" the scheme...
...scheme would not prevent stalling, because a clever quarterback could find plenty of ways of using up plays. And, aside from this, I maintain that stalling is perfectly legitimate. The Harvard and Yale teams have always practised it, as well as the best teams in the country...
...situation and still considered by many as a "small college," Dartmouth, to have the position due her in intercollegiate athletics needs to associate herself closely with other colleges and universities of highest standing. The formation of the four-cornered combination last year was a big step in the scheme of concerted action with some of the strongest eastern colleges; this latest move should prove a big aid in binding together more firmly the institutions involved...