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...political reasons, the Republicans are anxious to avoid having the President's veto overridden, because of the bad impression it would create. It was reported that there will be enough votes marshalled against the measure to prevent its being passed over the veto (two-thirds vote necessary to over-ride). The existence of the Sterling Bill, combining the pay raise with a rate raise will enable some Senators who are pledged to the former to vote against the pay bill alone, on the grounds that they prefer the Sterling Bill...
Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann of Germany had delivered to Sir James Eric Drummond a note which requested further information concerning the admittance of Germany into the League. Special mention was made of Germany's anxiety to avoid military commitments in any form...
Fundamentalism and Bolshevism were characterized as attempts on the part of lazy-minded people to avoid hard thinking and find an easy way out of the modern problems in religion and economics...
...been the custom in former years special police preparations for the supervision and dispatch of the game traffic have been made by the State Police. According to Captain George A. Parker '10, acting superintendent of the State force, every possible effort will be made to avoid delays and to enable those enroute to make as good time as is commensurate with public safety...
Each national board of editors has sought to avoid political history, save as it illuminates the common theme, the country's socio-economic history. Each board includes an estimate of "War Costs," statistical and imponderable, leaving the final balancing to later years...