Word: take
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would issue a short statement, brief and to the point, that platforms are out of style; either they mean something and are a target or they mean nothing and are a camouflage; in the one case dangerous and in the other case dishonest. Besides, they're boresome; they take up time in campaign speeches that ought to be given to electing the nominees...
...Stewart as a director, by the Indiana Standard stockholders. Stockholder John D. Rockefeller Jr. cast no vote, but offered no censure. Col. Stewart's fellow directors immediately re-elected him as their chairman. Explaining his neutrality, Mr. Rockefeller announced that he was still "seeking the facts . . . and will take such steps in the matter as he thinks proper. Since more than 50,000 other stockholders of the Indiana Company are involved, it is obvious that Mr. Rockefeller must not act precipitately...
...verdict should have been ten times as much, so as to teach New York police officers to be more careful in making arrests. Whenever I go into the city I do not know whether or not I'll get out again without being arrested. As a result I take the first train out into the country again that...
...proposed increase in the annual dues of the Harvard Club of Boston will be considered at its annual meeting on Wednesday, March 21. Election of officers and other routine business will also take place. An increase of $5 for all classes of non-residents is proposed, as well as an increase in the annual dues of Faculty members from $15 to $20. Under this plan, the dues of members who have been out of the University seven years or more will be increased from $40 to $50, of those who have been out between five and seven years from...
...bouts, that scored by R. E. Johnson '27 over Ira Markwett '28 in the initial round of the 175 pound final. The feature bout, however, was in the 145 pound class, where G. N. Burns '29 outpointed E. A. Sachs '28, displaying better condition and a superior ability to take punishment...