Word: sixteener
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...sixteen months which have elapsed since the signing of the Versailles Treaty have witnessed great changes in the governments of three of the "Big Four" nations. In France, M. Clemenceau, worn out with his arduous labors as Premier, sought the dignified but comparatively unimportant position of President. The French Parliament surprised the world by electing another man. The vote was generally deemed an expression of dissatisfaction with the "Tiger's" work in connection with the Peace Treaty. In Italy there have been several turnovers; Orlando was replaced by Nitti; the latter after resigning was reappointed, but was later succeeded...
...hole qualifying round of the University golf championship tournament will be played today on the Oakley Country Club course in Watertown. All men in the University, regardless of whether they are out for golf, are eligible to compete, and the sixteen men with the lowest medal scores will qualify. Day playing cards must be secured at the H. A. A. at the price of $1 by those who do not have memberships at Oakley, and all who compete must register at the first too before beginning play...
...feature of the second dance of the season given by the University Band in the Living Room of the Union from 8.30 to 12.30 this evening, the band has been divided into two orchestras of sixteen pieces each, to furnish continuous music during the entire evening. The four patronesses of the dance, as announced yesterday, are Mrs. Lowell, Mrs. L. B. R. Briggs, Mrs. F. L. Kennedy, and Mrs. R. B. Perry...
...race held Saturday between the first and second University crews and the Union Boat Club crew over the mile course in the basin, the second crew rowed home to victory in five minutes and sixteen seconds, half a length ahead of the first crew and a length and a half in the lead of the Boat Club. Although it was originally planned to hold the race over the mile and seven-eighths course from Cottage Farm Bridge to the Union Boat House, the high wind and rough water made this impossible. The second boat got away to a good start...
...prove conclusively that several radical parties are actively sengaged in conspiracies for the overthrow of the United States government by force. The propaganda disseminated by these radicals had already resulted in numerous cases of loss of life and destructionof property. This has been acomplished bythe inciting of discontented workers, sixteen per cent, of whom are aliens. The present laws are inadequate to prevent the spreach of propaganda; therefore, a Federal law should be enacted to meet the impraative need...