Word: confirmation
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When asked by a CRIMSON reporter to comment on the news that he had received a cabinet appointment, Mr. Adams replied, "I have nothing to say," and declined either to deny or confirm the report. In accordance with his usual policy, Mr. Hoover also refused to make any statement concerning the appointment, although an announcement was made by Washington authorities...
...conclusion he touched briefly on social influences which are expected to insure the community of interest, and those bonds which would tend to confirm loyalty to Harvard College in its traditions and atmosphere...
...that they really did not know where Chairman Owen D. Young might be. This fact, convenient, frustrated for a time all efforts to confirm the flat statement of M. Poincaré that Mr. Young would positively sit on the Committee of Experts...
...where Mr. Smith had opened an office.* They wanted to know what Mr. Smith was going to do now. Annoyed, Mr. Smith said that he had no announcement to make, that he did not desire daily visits from the press, that he hoped he would not be asked to confirm such rumors as the possibility of his accepting a position as a ball player with the New York Giants. When he had news to give, he said he would give it. He then posted one Officeboy Cohen* to guard against intruders. Later in the week there was "news...
Professor Snedden's comparison of scholastic records of the athletes and non-athletes of the Class of 1927 tends to confirm the general run of careful observation. Men engaged in sports do have slightly lower grades than the average of the rest of the class, but the difference is so slight that it means little more than that between a C plus and a C in one of four courses. On the other hand in regard to the number of men who actually graduate there is a considerable distinction in ravor of the athletes. Such a variation might be caused...