Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thence he was called to Washington, without reasons given, to call on the President. He called, had a short chat, was asked to "stand by." Several days later he read in the afternoon newspapers that the President had named him to be the Army's Chief of Engineers...
...facilities nor often the desire to accommodate large number of people and if they made arrangements to do so it would be with results only detrimental to themselves. Professional sports have a useful role to play in supplying entertainment not otherwise available to many and it would be fatally short-sighted on the part of their leaders to put a ban on one of the most effective means of publicity they possess...
Such questions suggest that this present tariff policy, however successful it may have been in the past, is at present a short sighted one. There remains the shadow of hatred from nations whom economic pressure drives to envy and despair. This is the real warning from Professor Taussig? It is the real danger in the tariff, and it awaits a generation which did not write the bill...
Director of Athletics W. J. Bingham '16, and Coaches E. J. Brown '96, H. H. Haines, and F. R. Sullivan '27 will also speak at both meetings. The shells will be on the river as soon as possible in order to get the benefits of the short five weeks rowing season before cold weather sets...
...week silver prices in London and Wall Street reached the lowest low in ten years: approximately 50⅞? an ounce. A month ago Chinese speculators held approximately 20,000,000 ounces of silver, at the end of last week they had sold 50,000,000, were apparently on the short side to the extent of 30,000,000 ounces. No El Dorado but an El Argento is China. It is the only important country on a silver basis currency. For many a year it has been one of the chief markets for U. S., Canadian, South American silver. But lately...