Word: standing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...poster than to a university library. And as to their sentiment,--perhaps they do recall the fierce antagonism of the great war. Nevertheless I do not favor removing them. The habit of pulling down monuments has in it something of the childish. Why not let the decorations stand for what they are worth and for the epoch they record? Such a practice makes history interesting and accords with a reverence for facts...
...prevent it, there shall be no further disturbance of this country by an election for two years. ... I wish to make it quite clear that I am going to stand for no monkeying. It will rest with the two other parties, not with us, whether or not there will be an election within two years. ... I have seen too much of the troubles and upsets to industry, finance and internal developments from unnecessary elections...
...Fair on an upper level of this lagoon, visiting dignitaries such as the U. S. President will float on ceremonial barges through a succession of descending locks to the lower levels. The dignitary and his voyage will be visible to every person at the Fair, spectators merely having to stand on the terraces or roofs of the various buildings to survey the entire amphitheatre...
...there are glimpses of the London of the eighteenth century which are alone worth the price of admission. The initial chapter of the book, "On The Art of Walking the Streets of London", is a delightful essay which could well stand by itself in any volume. "The revelations of the court of George I. of Walpole, of the run of speculation which ended in the South Sea Bubble, make excellent reading...
...meeting today. Kieselhorst, who prepared at Andover, runs the 100 and the low hurdles. In the latter event he won his second consecutive Intercollegiate title on Saturday at Philadelphia. In this event he set a new record at 23, 3-10 seconds, but the mark was not allowed to stand on account of a favoring wind...