Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have remarked that history is a meaningless tradition and that three bankers caused the European war-and yet these are the days of compulsory elementary education and public libraries-a man who sailed for Europe with a following of cranks and unbalanced school teachers to bring about an international settlement whose importance and difficulty will surpass the problems that faced the Congress of Vienna-that Henry Ford received thirty-two votes on the first ballot for Republican nominee is a national joke (or disgrace) that should not pass without comment. Bismarck and Moltke must roll over in their graves...
...right, particularly when it is a question of war. Even if one makes one's fatherland monarch of conscience and dictator of action, surely it must be revolting to go killing the enemy when you think he is right. Though all sensible people, as General Wood said, desire peaceful settlement of troubles, yet honest attempts have failed and may fail again. And therefore Plattsburg, the naval cruise, and Harvard's Preparedness Week (with its large bouquets of "easy conscience...
...field will be covered in the spirit characteristic of modern scientific work of its kind, and will take up the effects of the physical factors which have so largely controlled the settlement and industrial life of the continent...
...years the condition of the Harvard Union has been discussed publicly and privately at regular intervals. Finally, a special committee appointed by the Student Council has made a careful report on the practical utility and financial status of the Union, with the idea of arriving at a conclusive settlement of the problem...
...hard-fought settlement of a 2 to 2 tie played on the University's southern tour will probably be made this afternoon when the University ball team meets the University of Virginia at Soldiers Field at 4 o'clock. The game at Charlottesville in the spring recess proved that the ability of the two nines is approximately equal. In this game, each team was credited with two runs and one error. Virginia made seven base-hits, and the University five. Twelve innings were played, and the game was called only to allow the University nine to catch a train. Garritt...