Word: impairing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...service at the beginning of the great struggle, but the drain on the attendance has been an ineradicable misfortune. During the past year the American universities seemed to be moving toward the same end. Men knew that, barring a change in policy, the new draft age would not only impair a great part of collegiate usefulness, but would actually threaten the march of American academic progress. The S. A. T. C. plan has efficiently removed these dangers. The identity of the college has been made secure while its usefulness to the nation in this time of need has been redoubled...
...which we are here a part; to cultivate in the atmosphere here a certain reticence with regard to the affairs of the University, that discriminating reserve which is sometimes associated with the word "gentleman"; and to see to it that to any conduct or expression which tends to impair or to bring in question the dignity of Harvard, there shall naturally attach the plain stamp of infamy...
...remove the distrust and lack of confidence between the two nations. The policy of the Open Door, inaugurated by Secretary Hay at the time of the Boxer Rebellion has now been brought to a successful conclusion, for Japan has at last declared that she will in no way impair the sovereignty of China, nor limit the right of free and open trade on the part of all nations. In return for this, the United States agrees to recognize that Japan has special interests in China, particularly in those parts adjacent to her territory...
...fall, all members of the large 1920 football squad being eligible to play except those who won their numerals against Yale. The Sophomore team, which has been practising for several days, should make a good showing, but the lack of candidates for the Senior and Junior elevens will impair their chances of success...
...account of obstacles inherent to its organization. These obstacles arise chiefly from the fact that the Pierian, in addition to being an orchestra, is a social organization, and this fact stands in the way of any radical improvements. Because of its social character, discriminations are necessarily made which seriously impair the quality of the work...