Word: view
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...these men, but it is the function of their government to provide them with ships, their instruments of war. In the Senate, last week, this function began to be discussed, relative to the Cruiser Bill, relict of the last Congress. Did the U. S. need more light cruisers? In view of the passage of the Kellogg Peace Treaty, should the U. S. feel that appropriating money for more naval armament would be a belligerent act? The issues were complex and contested. The question seemed likely to absorb the Senate for a good part of the present session...
Especially significant last week, in view of all that the Papacy is about to gain, seemed the well-worn inscription on an obelisk erected by Sixtus V, and which faces St. Peter...
...means of a prism placed over the object glass of the telescope, photographs of stellar spectra have been taken at Harvard for the last forty years. The light of any star of sufficient brightness in the field of view is spread out into a band, showing characteristics by which the spectra can be classified into various groups...
...Lowell's article in the current Atlantic Monthly strikes a clear and thoughtful note. Occupying a key position in American intellectual life, a university president has opportunities to observe what is really going on among those who lead public opinion, and to take a detached and impartial point of view. In strong contrast to such an attitude is that of the American legislator, who has to think continually of several hundred thousand constituents and ordinarily feels compelled to share their prejudices and reduce his intellectual level to theirs...
...supplement and keep inviolate the historic yard. The land within the suggested boundaries, Mt. Auburn Street on the north, Memorial Drive on the south, DeWolf Street on the east, and Boylston Street on the west, is virtually all owned by the University. The advisability of acquiring the rest, in view of the construction of the new Houses, is evident. The CRIMSON has previously pointed out the objections to further construction of dormitories on the river front east of McKinlock. The Council report "deplores any attempt to build houses beyond McKinlock Hall on the river front." With these considerations in mind...