Word: distant
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...done in a masterly manner. It is good for the soul in these times of cloying commercialism to think back now and again to the days of consecration and high resolve, before the deepest shadows of war shut down upon the world. The spirit, of those not far distant days, now so hopelessly lost, forms they very essence of the latter pages of "Robin Linnet...
...hope the time is not far distant when these three buildings will be razed and in their place structures constructed on plans similar to those of Holworthy be substituted. This would make room for the whole of each Senior class to room in the Yard, and make it an infinitely more fitting sanctuary of the ideals and spirit, and traditions of Harvard...
...Aviation as college sport" is the plea made by Mr. Laurence L. Driggs, President of the American Flying Club, the organization which conducted the recent New York-Toronto and transcontinental races. Predicting that in no very distant time colleges will officially take up aviation as a recognized sport, Mr. Driggs urges that "in the meantime every encouragement should be given these enthusiastic airmen of the colleges who hold their first aeroplane contest on May 8 at Mineola, Long Island...
...Perhaps the time will come-and not far distant--when most of the big eastern colleges will see the interest and tremendous drawing power of a game against a representative western eleven, Speed...
...reserve to our people the right to withdraw from the League of Nations. If they so desire, without the consent of other Powers; to leave to us alone the decision whether we shall send our soldiers and sailors to protect the territorial integrity or political independence of other and distant lands; to prevent interference by other nations in questions solely within the jurisdiction of the United States and to reserve to us alone the continued interpretation and application of our Monroe Doctrine...