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Word: subjects (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...relief speech at Omaha. Finally, resorting to Hearstlike capital letters, they said: "Throughout this campaign the Scripps-Howard newspapers have believed WITH Hoover some of the time. We have believed IN him all of the time. . . . What the World's candidate says as to power ? or any other subject ? is right per se and must be accepted by the World as holy writ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: P. 5., P. P. S. | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

...Federal Grand Jury read as follows: "Inasmuch as wood alcohol is not a beverage, but a recognized poison (analogous to prussic acid or iodine) and its use and sale are not regulated by any of the Federal laws, we respectfully report that in those particular instances the subject matter is for the consideration of the State authorities rather than the Federal authorities. The State laws regulate the sale of poisons and provide for punishment for their improper use and sale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: No Beverage | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

...were established. The limited academic field of earlier years gave way to a course likewise arbitrary in its requirements, but considerably winder in range; so that the cadet graduating now is generally studied in French, Spanish, and English literatures, as well as in matters more directly military. The fundamental subject is, however, engineering, and in this the cadets are thoroughly trained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Prints Condensed History of "The Gray Towers on the Hudson"---Rank Created in 1794 | 10/20/1928 | See Source »

...there are many lighter things that have their place. A plebe, for instance, is not recognized by the Corps for his first year. He is by himself in a world apart, subject to judgment at all times. And this is wise. Conceive Mr. Dumbjohn the name is itself traditional who receives an appointment to the Academy Promptly Father and Mother Dumbjohn print accounts of young hopeful's appointment in the Podunk paper. He is given farewell parties, he lords it over the soft-eyed damsels, he is escorted to the train with the Podunk Fireman's band. The hero...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tradition at West Point Places the Plebe Lower Socially Than the Dust He Grovels In | 10/20/1928 | See Source »

...Yale debate was scheduled to take place in Jordan Hall, but the widespread interest in the campaign, and the success of the Harvard-Boston University debate held last spring on the same subject have made it seem advisable to hold the debate this fall in either Symphony Hall or the Boston Opera House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FALL PLANS ARE MADE BY DEBATING COUNCIL | 10/18/1928 | See Source »

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