Word: standing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Also in the field of law does Justice Stone stand strongly forth. No legal job is too hard for him to tackle. Well has he always guarded the public interest. Within him is centered a broad and understanding humanity to temper his justice. Tackle, guard or centre-Justice Stone has always been a comfort to the coach, in Washington as on the Amherst Gridiron...
Four Chinese soldiers armed with Mauser pistols stand on the running boards and cling by means of hand grips to the Packard sedan of President Chiang Kaishek. For good measure two more yellow-guards sit on the trunk rack behind, holding rifles with fixed bayonets...
...have been in daily contact with the University's athletic problems for many years are heartily in favor of it. Since the Corporation is not technically qualified and is forced to get all its information on the problem at second hand, their stolid stand-pat attitude is particularly obnoxious...
Naturally such a change would meet with a great deal of opposition, especially from graduates, but surely after taking the first stand in the country supporting the policy of "athletics for all," Harvard can accept a certain amount of adverse criticism if she feels that she is following a policy which is in accord with that held at present...
...thwart sales, the Department of Commerce has all along fought scamp training schools. Obvious reason: poorly trained pilots endanger life and property, in the air, on the ground. Last week, Assistant Secretary William Patterson MacCracken approved a set of regulations stiffening the requirements for Government licenses, which now stand as follows: For Private License. On the ground, 5 hrs. study of air commerce regulations, 10 hrs. of aviation engine study, 10 hrs. of airplane study (rigging, maintenance, repair). In the air, 10 hrs. dual instruction, 8 hrs. solo flying. For Limited Commercial License. On the ground, 15 hrs. study...