Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chamberlain: "Locarno was not the place and those assembled there were not competent alone to produce a scheme of world disarmament. . . . But we did nothing to hinder such a development . . . much to make it easier...
...thereafter. Moreover, such a procedure would lead the way in the much needed raising of secondary school standards, by throwing the burden of elementary preparation squarely where it belongs. For some small college to take such an arbitrary step would simply put that college outside the general scheme of things, educationally speaking. But Harvard is in a different position, and can lead the way where many other colleges will be glad to follow...
...Joseph Caillaux, recently ousted French Finance Minister, fulminated against M. Painlevé's new bill; but caused some surprise by asserting that he would not lead the expected attack upon it in the Senate. Said he: "The Government's new capital levy scheme will work hardship to France for much longer than 14 years. Be warned! Enough illusions have been disseminated in this country already. . . . However, thanks to my methods as Finance Minister, the condition of the state debt and the Treasury is grave but not alarming...
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...that he like other men must die. He chose his pallbearers, dug a grave, lined it with cement, built a coffin, hewed a stone from native granite. That was 18 years ago when he was 73. Since the Grim Reaper continued to elude him, Mr. Bowman thought of a scheme. He built a flagpole over his grave and attached a flag and halyard. When he feels life departing, he will crawl into the coffin, raise the flag, and the people in the valley, knowing his signal, will climb the hill and shovel the earth over...