Word: section
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Under the present system," he declared, "no section can be adequately handled in which there are more than 180 men. This is not because of the difficulty in instructing a larger number of men. It is simply because of the lack of classrooms capable of holding the classes, which grow larger every year...
...North Cornwall and the first to reach Finlay Land, seen some sixty years ago by the Franklin Search Expedition. The trip upon which he will embark in June will be for the purpose of investigating southwestern Greenland, a land about which mystery clings even now. About 1000 A.D. this section of Greenland was inhabited by some 7,000 Norsemen, but since they have since completely disappeared, apparently without reason. At the present time there are two theories as to their disappearance. One is that the Norsemen were wiped out by the "Black Death": the other is that they migrated...
Anticipated decline of the book sales, may, however, have been calculated with the Crossword Puzzle Magazine in mind. The cross-section of the U. S. press examined by TIME on Jan. 5 , showed but two changes. The following newspapers were still publishing crossword puzzles last week: Washington Post, Atlanta Constitution, Detroit Free Press, Omaha Bee, Chicago Tribune, Buffalo News, Cleveland Press, Cincinnati Enquirer, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Philadelphia Public Ledger, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Transcript and nine Manhattan dailies. Crossword puzzles had ceased to appear in The Kansas City Star, The Minneapolis Tribune...
This is in controversion of Article 6, Section 3, of the Union constitution, which formerly read, "Nominations for the Vice Presidency and the Student Committee shall be made by the Student Council . . . from a list presented to them by the Student Committee. Additional nominations may be made by petition, which must be signed by 35 undergraduates in the case of Vice President, and 25 Union members in the case of the Student Committee. . . . The Student Council shall have entire charge of the election...
...Britain and some other countries, the labor section of the community is almost solidly in favor of nationalization of the railways. In Mexico, things are different. President Calles, last week, reiterated his intention of federalizing (nationalizing) the railways. The railway men's unions protested. The President insisted...