Word: sternness
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...public order, is the symbol of the law. Governor of Massachusetts, he clashed with the first attempt of Bolshevism which showed itself in the United States in the form of a strike in the public service in Boston. He broke it ot once by his marble firmness and his stern refusal to parley with the strikers...
...required is entirely wise for asking the other question, whether the real productiveness of the present colleges could not be increased otherwise than by adding to the number of their "halls" and enlarging their Faculties. It might be done by raising the standards of admission, and especially by a stern elimination of students who do not, or who cannot, demonstrate to the satisfaction of their instructors their capacity for acquiring and utilizing a higher education...
...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...