Word: unforeseen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Diplomacy is of particular interest at present because of the bill fathered by John Jacob Rogers '04, pending in Congress for a more thorough reorganization of our Diplomatic and Consular Services. It has just passed the House of Representatives and is likely, according to Mr. White, unless unforeseen obstacles arise to block it, to pass the Senate also during the present session of Congress--possibly within the next few days
During the war there was naturally enough, a great deal of dissatisfaction with "Bright College Years," but with the end of the conflict it was expected that this song could be resumed. However, unforeseen difficulties arose. The inflow of prominent Allied visitors made it impossible on many occasions for the Elis to sing their college anthem. Of most vidid memory to Harvard men is the game in the Bowl two years ago when M. Clemenceau was the cause of "For God, for country, and for Yale" being sung mentally...
...other hand, the doors of a bookshop take on an entirely new aspect to him who turns to go. He is assailed with an entirely unforeseen sense of obligation. The jaws of the trap close suddenly. The very unconcern of the salesmen, their perfect willingness to let him be, becomes a burden. He feels something like a moral obligation to buy. It seems the only fitting return for the hospitality of his welcome, for the reassuring absence of the officious floorwalker...
...York City, Oct. 18, To the Harvard Union, Cambridge, Massachusetts:--Unforeseen circumstances prevent Commissioner Guevara from coming to Boston until late next month." This telegram reached the Union yesterday, and put an end to plans for entertaining the Filipino. C. P. Fordyce '23 states that every effort will be made to secure Mr. Guevara for an address at the Union next month...
...domestic situation has been sufficiently cheerful to counteract such pessimistic foreign news as the Japanese earthquake, the Italo-Greek imbroglio and the economic flounderings of the latest German Government. It is evident that the present momentum of the retail trade should carry well through the late Autumn, unless some unforeseen calamity or calamities develop. Pig production, however-a good index of general production-has fallen off, and the extractor and manufacturer is likely to view the future with more misgiving than the merchant and retailer...