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...whose training has not entirely conformed to the letter of the former rules may nevertheless be admitted if ti is clearly apparent that they are of sufficient intellectual calibe and school which are not accustomed to training boys for Harvard. The general purpose is, to a limited extent to shift the emphasis from quantity of examination passed to quality of work shown the examinations...
This plan is only a temporary make-shift, and it has been some years since the crews have had to resort to it. although in former years they have used the Farragut Boat Club's house, this year they are unable to do so because the snow crushed in the roof and made the boat house unfit for present use. As soon as the Charles is open, however, the crews will resume regular practice without the inconvenience of going to Lynn...
Theory of Shift in Spectrum Unproved...
...theory Einstein also stated that in a spectrum the solar lines would be shifted toward the red, but as no such shift has yet been found many scientists are inclined to doubt the truth of the whole theory. The inaccuracy of all instruments, however, may well be the cause of this failure and the first two proofs considered sufficient evidence of the correctness of the theory...
...Russian revolution is not a Mexican revolution; Lenine as a statesman is the superior of Huerta. He has called your bluff twice, and twice you have backed down. You can not shift the responsibility, Mr. President; Winston Churchill, British Minister of War, declared in the House of Commons on November 6 that "the government's policy is not wholly a British policy, but one carried out in full co-operation with all the Allies, including the United States, who are equally responsible." In the words of Raymond Robbins, "Your policy has resulted not in stamping Bolshevism out, but in stamping...