Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...appeared at once that it was a far more difficult task to hurl a football through an 18-inch aperture from a distance of 20 feet than the originator of the game had anticipated. Last night it was suggested that it might be necessary either to lessen the safety zone to a shorter distance than 20 feet or else increase the size of the holes...
...result will be known when the observers, umpires and commanders have consulted and decided. Two things were remarked at once, however: 1) That there were not enough scout cruisers to undertake efficiently the task of finding the enemy; 2) that the new fleet submarines were effective, far exceeding expectations...
...Phillips Brooks House what it now is. He was here long enough to have a policy and to develop it. Before him, we had had some Secretaries who gave only part time work, and no Secretary who remained more than two years. He gave himself with enthusiasm to the task of organizing the constituent societies into one whole, the Phillips Brooks House Association, as it now exists. He did it with tact and patience, with real appreciation of conflicting points of view. No one who does not remember the old situation can realize how great a gain that has been...
...agreement to this effect was doubtless made to relieve Chancellor Luther of the onerous task of discharging simultaneously the duties of President and Chancellor. As the forthcoming Presidential election may not be over until the end of April, the strain cf occupying two important offices over such a stretch of time would necessarily impose an intolerable burden upon the Chancellor. Moreover, it was pointed out by The New York Times, that, if the Government were forced to resign before a President were elected, Chancellor Luther would be in the same sort of situation as was the Pooh-Bah in Gilbert...
...Smith was chosen for the difficult task of setting the new state of Hungary on its official feet. A League of Nations loan of $50,000,000 was put under his supervision, and he is applying it to cover budgetary deficits during his term. The budget, which was designed to balance at the completion of his term has been balanced already. "Time" gives the University credit for teaching Mr. Smith the rudiments of management...