Word: actionable
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...have been hare for generations, but I mean men willing to adhere to the constitution and laws of this country, who stand for our ideals. We have need of a number of things that we ought to dispose of, and the first is the League of Nations. We want action on it. My own views you are all familiar with, as expressed in my letter to Senator Borah, who has begun to take a touching interest in all my affairs. I told him that I believed we should accept the League of Nations with the reservations known as the Senate...
...That in the opinion of the representatives of the athletic associations of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, proselyting in any from is injurious to college athletics. They consequently urge the athletics authorities of each of the three universities to take the following action...
...Lilliputians thought that Captain Gulliver's watch was his god, because he said that he consulted it before taking any important action. Consequently, when every one of our official bodies, from state legislatures down to city councils and boards of selectmen, try to establish their own regulations in regard to clock-worship (chronometrolatry, if a more exact term is desired), the effects are apt to be disastrous. We have read of New Jersey court-houses, where the judge arrived an hour early and the jury an hour late, while the prisoner and the witnesses were kept in agonized suspense...
Every student in the College, who at the beginning or the end of the recess fails to register may be required to pay the Bursar a fee of $5 before being permitted to register. Payment of this fee does not preclude action by the Administrative Board in the case of students who register late...
...extensions of the recess will be granted. Failure to attend classes immediately before or after this vacation will not be excused, and unexcused absences at such times are subject for action by the Administrative Board...