Word: standings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...oath: "We swear to the great and good God to fight a righteous fight against the Government which is a plague to the country and which was nominated by a decree wrung from King Ferdinand on his deathbed. We swear that a new Rumania shall be created which shall stand for freedom and justice to all of Rumania's brave sons...
...rumored that Bishop McConnell would be required to stand trial upon two curious charges: maladministration and immorality. The basis of these charges was probably to be found in the Bishop's admission that "evolution was a matter to be decided by experts not by votes of the people," and in his administration of certain church trials. The charge had been brought by a rabid fundamentalist...
...will not, as unsophisticated parents of ambitious girls may well imagine, command his prospective employes to stand before him naked. He will inspect them when they are dressed and standing still. After this, he sends most of them home. Then he will have the remainder in bathing suits, for a more detailed investigation...
...short, despite the personal excellence of these men, it is quite obvious that they do not stand for a single definite idea. They are both actuated by a laudable desire to be president. We submit that college men as citizens have a right to demand of political parties and their leaders more than they have given there in the past. When Democrats are out, they want to get in; when Republicans are in, they fight to stay there...
...Well, he's good on the West Coast," Coach Farrell replied, "but middle distance runners never stand the transcontinental trip very well, and I should be surprised to see him win anything...