Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shows most clearly the paternal attitude of the first Harvard presidents as regards the eating habits of the College. Certain orders by the scholars and officers of the College to be observed, dated March 28, 1650, and signed by President Dunster, shows the eating problem to have been a vital issue almost 300 years...
Both teams will be badly crippled should either starting quarterback be put out of action. Bunnell of Yale is a brilliant player who is indispensable to the success of the Yale attack, while Caulkins of Princeton plays a vital role in the Tigers' forward passing attack...
...Lastly, however, let me say that the above rather voluminous account of my personal impressions, inspired by the things I saw and heard, is but the laughing ripple and dance of the stream that is my being. Deep down there is a more vital and flowing current in which sweep by, with awing majesty and holiness, before my inner consciousness the most hallowed and sacred of those treasures my soul has garnered along the shores of life...
...fact. The unwillingness to submit to judicial settlement is conditioned by underlying factors inherent in the existing international system, which persuades nations to decline to submit what they consider important issues to the arbitration of impartial judges. Note the almost universal exception of questions of national honor, independence and vital interests, from arbitration treaties. The judicial process is weakened by a stipulation that there shall be no submission of anything important...
...President of the Anglo-French Loan Commission to the U. S. in 1915, Special Envoy thither in 1917, and High Commissioner and Special Ambassador to the U. S. later in that year, he well earned the titles subsequently conferred upon him by carrying out a series of confidential missions vital to the Allies...