Word: enough
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Public opinion has prevented congress from purchasing adequate embassies in the great capitals of the world. The salary paid an ambassador is not enough to meet the rent of a decent home in London, Paris or Rome. Therefore, wealthy men who are willing to spend their own money on the decencies of diplomatic appearances are, as a rule, appointed to our very expensive jobs in the capitals abroad. Any man of moderate means would emerge from such an office impoverished. And then public opinion cries out that a poor man never holds a high diplomatic commission from this land...
...applications for tickets to the Harvard-Yale boat race on Friday, June 25, will be received at the H. A. A. after 5 o'clock this afternoon. As there are not enough tickets to fill all the applications filed, there is very little chance that any tickets will remain to be put on sale...
Affairs turned out well enough to disappoint all the birds of ill omen. Not only did the Glee Club attain unusual success in their winter series of concerts about Cambridge, but also reached in their concert in conjunction with Fritz Kreisler the height of a phenomenal season. Those who heard the University singers on that occasion came away astonished that a group of amateurs could in so short a time have been trained to such a point of perfection. Their rendering of early church music, their presentation of classical pieces met with the universal acclaim of critics and public alike...
...hundred men next fall as Sophomores, who have been accustomed to exercise regularly in their first year, complicates the situation which the already harassed athletic authorities must meet. Although as yet the limit of accommodation for teams of every kind has not been met the margin is not broad enough to satisfy the growing demand. Three years from now, when every class in the college has received the benefit of the compulsory training system and has gained the habit of regular exercise, the gymnasiums and fields, with their present equipment, will be insufficient...
...meddling of our congressmen in Great Britain's affairs only strains the good relations of the two countries. And it is not a commendable love of the ideal of liberty which prompts this action, but a contemptible fear of the Irish vote in America. If these congressmen had enough courage to hold their country's interests above their own, they would keep their mouths shut on this matter...