Word: speciousness
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Dates: during 1921-1921
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...this country. Professor Nielson is not the first who has called attention to the fact that American Universities offer the same opportunities to the man willing to do only the minimum of work, as are given to the Phi Beta Kappa student. The basis for this system is a specious theory of equality of chance; justified chiefly because all men pay the same tuition fee, or, in the case of state, institutions, because all are citizens who have fulfilled the preliminary requirements for advanced instruction...
...creditor. Germany, her territory practically untouched by the war, is attempting to evade the penalty of her acts in characteristic fashion. Her economic condition, she claims, is not equal to the sum demanded; her debts are too large; she cannot pay: and because Germans are very clever at specious arguing many are won to the belief that the amount specified is really too large. A careful examination of the facts in the case, however, proves the German statements to be false. It has been shown by investigation that there are no accurate figures of the real financial status of Germany...