Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trade, in the United States lay her chief source of expectation. It was here, and not in Germany, that she first looked for markets. She was willing to accede to France's requests while she could find commerce elsewhere than in the North Sea. But she met with a stern rebuff on this side of the Atlantic. The U. S. Transport "Leviathan," which England offered to purchase, is still rotting at its Hoboken dock because anti-British sentiment only to effectively blocked such a negotiation. Ships in Boston Harbor were prevented from taking on cargo for two months...
...feel sure that Mr. Palmer, when he has thought over the matter a little more carefully will swerve from his unreasonable attitude. MAURICE STERN...
...Alas! It can never be! The new school of pedagogy may allow women pupils, but we feel sure that the College will never be subject to the feminizing sway. That timid idea, so tentatively proposed by the Governing Board will not be adopted at Harvard. The stern spirits of every Puritan from Miles Standish to Cotton Mather arise in solemn protest. We see the inventor of the original "New England conscience" deliver his fateful warning.--Never. The drear halls of Sever shall not be made frivolous. No shall they invade the awful precincts of "Mem". For this is your...
...Massachusetts Avenue bridge--the mile mark--the second crew had a lead of over a length on the University eight, while the Unions still trailed, nearly three lengths in the rear. Although the first boat came up a little in the last stretch, they were just behind the stern of the second shell when they crossed the finish line; the Union Boat Club crew came in four lengths behind the University. After the first half mile, the crews rowed at about twenty...
...peace. The Nation which wrecked a continent and endangered civilization has been handled gently. As the attention of the Allies, France excepted, turned from clinching victory to solving domestic difficulties the treaty turned from steel to gelatine, yielding at the lightest touch of a Prussian finger. There were some stern remonstrances, some fierce threats. But in the end there has not been much but talk, and precious moments when peace and righteous vengeance might have been insured have been lost...