Word: metting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sound knowledge and patriotic purposes; and second that good will which springs from a full heart and which inspires good will in men of all ranks to pull together for the success of the cause. It is attested by thousands of colleagues, lieutenants and subordinates in the ranks. It met with instinctive recognition in the two thousand people who heard Mr. Hoover at the Copley Plaza. The writer has seen the reaction on public meetings of all the great leaders during the last twenty-five years, and has never seen a greeting to a public man that exceeded this...
...learned about the temperature above, about the gale that blows eastward at terrific speed seven or eight miles above the sea, about the pressure to human heart and tissues which high altitudes bring. From the aviator the world has learned that armies on land and navies at sea have met their master. The next great conflict between nations will be decided by their superiority...
...present time there is a considerable balance, $1,323,63, in the treasury of the Class of 1920, according to the report given out today by the Secretary-Treasurer, Burnham Lewis, but it is probable that one item along of the expenses to be met this June, the Senior Class Album, will more than wipe out this surplus. Conservative estimates show that it will cost the Class between 1,599 and $2,000. In addition, there will be the cost of printing various class literature, clerical work, and many other attendant expenses of Commencement Week. Hence it is absolutely essential...
...America will vote next November for President of the United States. With the ratification of the amendment by only two more states, one more milestone in the march of American Democracy will have been passed. The fight that was begun seventy years ago by Susan B. Anthony, that met at first only ridicule, then the active opposition of the conservatives, but gained strength with ever-increasing momentum as the years advanced...
...qualifications Professor Holmes said, "Hoover has had an unusual opportunity to study the needs of whole peoples, of nations, of groups of nations, and of races. He has met with economics problems of great magnitude. He has been accustomed to deal with the supplies of food for millions of people. And, as a large part of the government of a people is the satisfying of its needs for food, clothing and shelter, his experience is of the greatest importance...