Word: actionable
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...faced the prospect of heavy financial loss. Mr. comiskey did not hesitate to take the honorable course, regardless of the effect upon his own fortunes. He has enjoyed the confidence of the devotees of the game, and he has heightened that confidence by his course in this emergency. His action will tend to restore public confidence in the essential honesty of baseball. Courtesy of Boston Transcript...
...Voted:--That in cases in which it is claimed that a man enrolled for the first time as a Freshman is on account of war service to be considered not a Freshman in view of the agreement, the executive committee shall have power to determine his status. No action in violation of the agreement shall be taken by a club contemplating the election of such a man until it shall have submitted the question to the executive committee, which shall decide whether the man is or is not a Freshman under the agreement and shall give notice of its decision...
...Education at Lawrence 6; students in the School of Architecture and Landscap Architecture at Robinson Hall at the same time. Failure by an undergraduate to hand in his study card renders his liable to a fine of five dollars, and the payment of this fine does not preclude disciplinary action by the Administrative Board...
Near University Hall is one of the well-known French "75s," which saw action in France. It has been proved and it is admitted by artillerymen of all nations that this gun, after 20 years, has never been surpassed by any gun of approximately its calibre...
...possible that bureaucracy may show wisdom and efficiency, just as despotism by benevolence and directness may give an admirable government, it is the experience of mankind that liberty in the long run cannot be secure without compelling administration to adhere to accepted and declared principles. If administrative action is fettered by minute requirements imposed by the legislature, the opportunities for impeding litigation will leave vast opportunities to the mercy of the cunning, selfish and avaricious, and the means designed for protection will defeat their own purposes. On, the other hand, present methods are obviously crude and tend toward an intolerable...