Word: ac
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...superior to any human government. Some ants have organized armies, wage offensive wars; some own slaves; some keep herds of "cattle" (plant lice); some cultivate mushrooms. For non-carnivorous ants (the great majority) the greatest pleasure in life seems to be disgorging for others the food they have laboriously ac cumulated: "For her [the ant] regurgitation must be an act as delightful as is for us the degustation of the choicest meats and wines. It seems evident that in this act nature has incorporated pleasures analogous to those of the love of which she is deprived...
...invitation of Max Epstein, founder (with five tank cars) and at that time president of G. A. T. C., he went to Chicago, started to work riveting under-frames of tank cars. After factory experience, he was transferred through the departments ? purchasing, operation, ac counting ? to learn the business thoroughly. In 1920 he was made assistant to Mr. Epstein, who, upon the ascendancy of Mr. Mayer to the presidency three years ago, became board chairman and has since spent most of his time with philanthropies and art (TIME...
...Gilhooley found that she was thinking of leaving him, he raged, wheedled, offered to marry her. Finally the girl- Helen ("Act of God"-) Hayes - did leave him; but she came back. And when she came back Mr. Gil hooley strangled her and shot himself. Both principals give an excellent ac count of themselves: Arthur Sinclair, strong, decent, generous; Miss Hayes, frustrated, impetuous, affecting. Many a Gaelophile had an evening's entertainment just listening to a lot of good Irish ac cents. Happily, Miss Hayes did not at tempt the brogue. Arthur Sinclair (McDonnell), 47, is a Dubliner by birth...
...vice versa .... Yale, incidentally, seems to have solved the problem that has bothered some of its teams in years which have not yet faded far into memory. Reports, perhaps not wholly true, have explained the ineffectiveness of the Elis in their objective games on account of Sheff vs. "Ac." squabbles in the backfield. Coach Stevens this year has his "A" backfield, of Booth, Muhlfeld, Beane, and Dunn, made up solely of scientific school men, while the "B" backfield is made up entirely of students from the academic college--Parker, Taylor, McLennan, and Snead .... Once again, Michigan has scheduled no game...
...their purpose said he: "Since I myself have been in the newspaper business since I was 17, I naturally am interested in having the coming generation realize the purposes and possibilities of newspapers. The courses in journalism are not intended to be a school of journalism. They should ac quaint the young men with the obligation which serious newspapers feel to serve the public, with the importance and the necessity of a free Press...