Word: strengthe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...commission is of the opinion that it would not be practicable at the present time to limit the ultimate war strength of a country. On the other hand it affirms that it is possible to limit the land, sea and air forces which are permanently maintained in peacetime by various countries or which are capable of immediate use without preliminary mobilization measures. This principle is enunciated without prejudice...
...American student's home training. This purely collegiate living, in the midst of university environment has been the cause of much shaking of heads by educational leaders whose eyes are fixed upon European models. They ignore the fact that without these undergraduate bodies the moral and financial strength of the university would not exist, and even the tremendous pressure that great educational foundations can bring to bear will never uproot this truly American feature...
...squad to take a proctor to Princeton in order to take the examinations in the morning. In former years the crew has taken a proctor when it made a trip during examinations time, and it is likely the University authorities will enable the team to appear at full strength at Princeton by permitting the examinations to be held in a New York hotel the morning of the game...
...franc teetered sickeningly last week, plunged from 31½% to the dollar to 35 1/3, steadied, gathered strength, skyrocketed to 30¾%. Though explanations were many, two facts stood out sharply. Just before the franc's toboggan, Finance Minister Peret was obliged to announce that pourparlers for definitely funding the Franco-British debt had broken down between himself and Chancellor Winston Churchill of the British Exchequer at London. Conversely, the franc rose as soon as the French Cabinet and the Bank of France announced, after M. Peret's return to Paris from London, that the French Government would, if necessary, employ...
With newspaper drama and the bathtub bogie thus working in Mr. Carroll's defense, the conviction is more than a usual triumph for the forces of justice. Somehow, the district attorney's cause must have drawn strength from the legions of parents who made their children go back to wash again...