Word: facing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...face, as far as that goes, the ballot shows an extraordinarily even division. Almost equal thirds stand respectively for full ratification on the Wilson basis, for absolute refusal to accept that basis or a compromise, and for a compromise settlement. The last proposal runs a few thousands ahead of the other two. Did this division furnish a true sample of the state of mind of the whole nation, we should be forced to find in it an evidence of pronounced and central cleavage. Anyway, the vote is two to one against the League in its present shape...
...regard to professional football. Managers of professional teams offer young players sums of money which it is almost impossible for them to refuse, especially if they are poor boys, I think it is one of the most serious situations which those interested in college athletics have had to face, and I believe there is no remedy too radical to be used in an effort to cure...
College football will lose many of its brightest stars this spring and coaches all over the country will face the difficult problem of trying to fill their shoes next fall. The past season was unusually productive of individual stars and almost every eleven had at least one player of exceptional ability. In many instances the teams have practically been built around these men. The losses for the coming year are as follows...
...under one name or another, have been gulping at the fountain of American civilization. Fertile soil, high wages, the protection of the law--all these, together with numerous other advantages offered by America alone, have been their privilege without one jot of sacrifice on their part. And in the face of all this they continuously vomit a volley of contemptuous statements about our government. They secretly concoct plans for the overthrow of law and order. It is to be regretted that there are some ministers and editors in the country who, in spite of absolute proof that the Reds have...
...country. They have also undertaken special research along special lines, and will meet later in the month to revise their plan. This part of their labors is admirable. The truth is, however, that the people of the United States have not yet the power or the energy to face industrial problems in a scientific spirit. That is the true lesson to be drawn from the deliberations in Washington. Otherwise they will have been in vain...