Word: function
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...France regarding her security; the Japanese aggression against China would probably never have been attempted had Japan not believed, and rightly, that our absence from the League made sanctions impossible. Mussolini in all likelihood would not have planned his adventure in Africa had he thought the League could function in a divided world...
...readers will find sufficient, if they persist, to hold their eye to the page, even if the history of the school is in the last analysis, somewhat monotonous because, in the words of Mr. George Santayane, it has been constant, through those three hundred years, to one purpose and function. Still the moral to be drawn from this 'fidelity to tradition' is exciting and is apt to bestir one to the task not only of perpetuating but also of propagating the ideals for which the Latin School stands...
...essential that there shall be a few truly national institutions of higher learning. Since the paramount duty of any tax-supported university must always be to the state or city from which it derives support it is believed that Harvard and a relatively few other universities must fulfill this function...
...mayor of Berlin and Captain Von Tschammer-Osten, Reichssport Kommissar." Since that time, Dr. Lewald has been unable to make a statement to the press without first getting permission from the representative of the Nazi government, Von Tschammer-Osten. Very plainly, the German Olympic Committee has abdicated its function for the sake of allowing the Nazi party to express its wishes more directly...
Other plans for the first large Freshman social function of the year were decided upon at this meeting of the Union Committee. The dance will last from 8.30 o'clock until 12 o'clock...