Word: steps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gone over and all data from unofficial sources is to be separated, as is also all information that cannot be substantiated, so that in the future, if the Secretary of State makes a statement about a foreign navy, he will not later have to retract it. This seems a step which should have been taken long ago. From its very nature naval information is hard to check-every nation tries to conceal its naval secrets. Naval attachés make such observations as they can, but it is practically impossible to get direct information from a foreign government...
...organization of an investment concern carries a step further the invasion by labor of capitalistic fields of enterprise. The movement began with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers who were the first to organize coöperative labor banks and who now have six going establishments, not to speak of a share in the Empire Trust Co. of New York...
...STEP ON THE STAIR?Anna Katherine Green ? Dodd, Mead ($2.00). Anna Katherine Green may be considered the inventor of the detective story as we know it. She is an old woman now, but she has not lost the knack that caused her name to be for so many years practically synonymous with a certain type of mystery story. This one has all the old ingredients shaken up with all the old vigor...
...Progressives rested their case on the following four contentions: first, that because of war and economic chaos such a court is necessary; secondly, that the United States desired such a step; thirdly, that the World Court has successfully functioned on four occasions; and finally, that the Court because of its unchanging personnel can develop a strong international tradition of court decisions. The Conservatives argued that this Court is merely the Hague Tribunal over again; that two conflicting courts would exist; that the Court has no compulsory jurisdiction over the United States; and that such an act by this country would...
...whom attendance is voluntary. Clearly, undergraduates who have reached one of these advanced courses are not in need of the restrictions which are found necessary in other cases. Presumably they have learned the importance of their work and may be trusted to cut with prudence. As a small step in the direction of voluntary attendance in the College, the Dean's Office could scarcely find a more suitable beginning. Treatment of undergraduates in these courses with the same confidence that is shown to graduates, is bound to increase the desirability of advanced work. Incidentally, if the plan is adopted...