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That this is to be the case at Harvard one may be certain, if one believes that the administration. In admitting this new branch of mental discipline so establish and maintain high standards that this particular curriculum has the respect of the student body. And one may certainly expect such high standards to prevail. Nor is the study of naval science so near the correspondence variety of pseudo learning as one can imagine...
What are peacetime armaments? Straightway the Latins, all of whom maintain large military reserves, declared that these are not "peacetime armaments," but that an armed police force-now Germany's chief defense-is indubitably a "peacetime armament...
Arthur Jamieson's unflinching Putter beat Robert Gardner. The U. S. team captain sliced and hacked erratically, while Jamieson's upright playing adequately justified his inclusion on the British team. Especially shaky was Captain Gardner's putting, so that Jamieson was not only able to maintain his morning lead but increased it during the afternoon's playing...
Sometimes he actually loses money in order to maintain production and employment and to keep up a sales-teasing price. Thus in twelve days, Jan. 1 to 12, 1924, he lost $232,000 on 76,295 open cars-cost $18,005,000, selling price...
Meanwhile, 50,000 eager sightseers had rushed to catch a phrase from three distinguished speakers: Mayor Kendrick of Philadelphia, "a visualization of the progress of the world"; Secretary of State Kellogg, "exploitation of our potentialities"; Secretary of Commerce Hoover, "moral and spiritual awakening . . . maintain our position in the world...