Word: secretively
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fortunately for the U. S., the established procedure of the Pan-American conference is to deal only with subjects actually on the agenda and to deal with these in secret committee rooms. When a committee reaches agreement, its decision is passed upon by a formal, full dress, decorous meeting of the conference as a whole. Under this system Latin fireworks have been quenched at all the five previous sittings of the Pan-American conference...
...blaze a clear trail away from such catastrophic industrial follies will be the vital task of the new Conference. After three hours in secret session, last week, the leaders were optimistic. Said Mr. Turner: "Extraordinary successful! . . . The employers' proposals are exceedingly comprehensive. . . . We have entered these conversations without prejudice, committed only to the finding of a just and lasting solution of industrial problems." Said Sir Alfred Mond: "Most hopeful! . . . We have appointed a joint acting committee of investigation'' (to meet under the alternate chairmanship of Mr. Turner and Sir Alfred...
Agents of the efficient Sûreté Generate (French Secret Service) ferreted out, last week, a series of amazing frauds, perpetrated by smart French and German merchants to swindle their governments in connection with the "payment in kind" of German Reparations...
...never saw Craig again. But tucked away in a secret drawer of my desk is something that I would not part with for many a cigarette coupon. It is a yellow, faded clipping from the Dybbuk. Vermont. "Self-starter." Tenderly I unfold the old creases and read the" words again...
...years with Princeton and one with all its other football rivals. In but one instance has any suspicion arisen and that in a quarter where mistrust of the plan was preconceived. The game is simplified. Extraneous machinery is eliminatel. It is less expensive. Initiative and self reliance are encouraged. Secret practice periods are minimized and continued student interest is stimulated. Non-scouting forces a team to concentrate on fundamentals. It was a decided factor in the success of the Yale team this year. This is our experience with the plan...