Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...combined the consular and diplomatic corps into a single foreign service, and increased most of the salaries. At the last session Congress passed the Porter Bill which provides for the gradual acquisition and construction of Official residences for U. S. ambassadors and ministers. It is obvious that the next step may well be the adoption of a system of adequate allowances for the diplomats, based on the cost of living in various capitals...
Blessed with the spiritual power of that world of dreams where men are gods and women are divine--the modern poet tosses his spurs into the air, Pegasus into the clouds, and scales Mt. Olympus with a step-ladder. From one of the current magazines flows fanciful and free the fairest flickers of such fervent fluttering--and there are these delightful lines...
This important step in enlarging the field of athletic relations, between the two colleges was taken with the understanding that these games were to be played on a home and home basis, with the dates scheduled for Fridays in order to avoid conflict with important first team games...
...Bingham was approached on this subject last spring, just after his appointment as Athletic Director. Although in sympathy with the proposed change in football policy, he felt unwilling to commit the University to any such step until he and his regime had weathered one season...
...opinion," he declared yesterday, "that scouting is an undesirable practice. I am in sympathy with those who want it abolished, provided the step is practical and acceptable to my associates...