Word: sorts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...people, coupled with the fact that great numbers of them are on the verge of starvation, makes it possible for employers to exploit them. They are herded into the cities and paid harely enough to live on. As a result China furnishes the most fertile soil for any sort of propaganda. Here one finds the most promising source of mob violence...
...Resolution, Mr. Gray explained, proposes that Chinese representatives should be invited to Washington to confer on the revision of the treaty. A revision will be of obvious benefit to China but will not be detrimental to the United States in any way. "Our exports to China are of the sort that probably would be admitted duty free," said Mr. Gray. "This is not so with England and Japan, however, for it is from those countries that cotton goods are now sent to China, and the cotton industry is one which the Chinese wish to foster by protection...
Because of the reserve encountered at University Hall, however, it is believed that the proposal was discussed and some sort of action taken in the Faculty Meeting on Tuesday of this week. If the measure was passed by the Faculty it still must be submitted to the Board of Overseers...
...been fed for twelve months on such hors-d'oevres as the Dempsey-Tunney fight, the death of Rudolph Valentino, Queen Marie, the Hall-Mills case, Aimee McPherson, President Coolidge's sportive antics in the Adirondacks, and Peaches Browning, there must certainly appear symptoms that need the cear sort of diagnosis that Mr. Johnson has provided...
Hoppe believes that his ability to concentrate is another factor in his success. "From the time I take a cue in my hand," he said, "my mind is on nothing but the game. Incidentally, I have found that this not only helps my own game but operates as a sort of mental hazard to my opponents. An attitude of indifference toward the other fellow's game and an obvious confidence in your own, coupled with an extreme care in every shot, eventually forces him to the conclusion that you are in fallible and breaks down his morale...