Word: exaction
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...speeches. After his talk at the Union he is scheduled to speak before the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America. Both he and Colonel Azan are to be the guests of President Lowell on Friday evening. Because of the uncertainties of the General's schedule, the exact time of the Union meeting has not yet been definitely set, but it will probably be held at 4.30 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon in order to allow him time for dinner before his evening speech. He is to attend the ball at the Copley-Plaza, which...
...pass was salvation for Harvard; it was desperation for Yale. Not until the final period did the blue complete one. The number and variety that Harvard used made the observer cross-eyed trying to watch men and ball. The Yale mathematical faculty, which had volunteered to chart the exact course of Harvard's unnumbered individuals in her offence, labored with plotting-boards, range-finders, eleven observers and gyroscopic compasses, threw away their instruments in disgust and concentrated on computing the energy released when 70,000 occupants of the Bowl roared in unison. The offense was safe for another year...
...German indemnity may go to its final stages. The lengthy compilation of the damage done by the Imperial armies is nearing completion and for some months now England and France have been at odds as to whether or not the German financial experts are to be consulted before the exact amount is decided on. England is inclined to be lenient--for obvious reasons. She is quite ready to resume her former trade with the Central Powers and naturally does not want them to be so hopelessly ruined as to prevent their purchase of British goods. She therefore welcomes a German...
...field goal to either score and you have an almost exact replica of Saturday's Harvard-Princeton knot in the Yearlings performance in the Tiger's lair...
...received will be sorted out and sent to the institutions named below for distribution to the poor according to location and size. In this way the aid is given to those who are really in need, for these institutions keep in constant touch with the families and know their exact condition. They...