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...this country due to the prevailing high wages here and the low wages abroad. "Of course we have our literacy restrictions," he commented, "but unless some other measures are taken American immigration will pass all bounds, and I think it very probable that such steps will be taken to prevent a flood of foreigners coming to this country...
...temporarily put a stop to college games, but this did not prevent the management from following out its original program, so that in 1918 the Marine Corps eleven decisively overcame an aggregation from Camp Lewis...
...rule, with its numerous interpretations, and proposes the following: "Before commencing to serve the server shall stand with both feet at rest behind the serving line and both feet shall be kept behind the base-line until the ball is struck." The main purpose of the rule is to prevent the server from taking an unfair advantage in getting...
...promised us? Is it for this that men died? Hardly. The people responsible for this state of affairs will find that what was endured without complaint in war-time will not be so readily accepted now that the war is supposed to be history. There are legal ways to prevent such misfortunes as have come upon us during the past year; if there are not, something is sadly wrong with the institutions we fought for. It is the business of our elected representatives to find a way out of our difficulties--not merely to start long-winded investigations which accomplish...
...fought three months against Russia, being honorably discharged after wounded in defence of his country, is a genius of high calibre. His mastery of the violin places him among the first players of modern times, and no one has a right, even under the guise of rampant patriotism, to prevent people enjoying the pleasure of hearing...