Word: accession
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gannett sought, two years ago, to enroll his Times-Union in the Associated Press and bring into its columns the swift, unmuddied current of news that the A. P. pumps from all parts of the U. S. and the rest of the world. Publisher Hearst, whose Rochester paper, has access to that current, determined to block Publisher Gannett and did so by representing to the Associated Press that to grant another franchise would lower the prestige and money value of his own, and indirectly, of all other A. P. franchises...
...discussion was concentrated upon the case method of teaching. While the interest was keen and widespread, it was forcefully brought to our attention that this case material is not available in sufficient quantities or in the ideal form for use in teaching in other schools. Our own instructors have access to much more of this material than is now available to others, and are frequently able to obtain supplementary facts on cases under discussion which others cannot so conveniently obtain...
Increase of population, colonies, access to the sea, sea lanes, markets, food, and raw materials are thus the principle causes of rivalry between nations. Mr. Bakeless, however, does not content himself with this general statement, but outlines all the possible kinds of friction between various nations today and the potentiality of a new world war in each of them. For there is no isolation in the modern world. Mr. Bakeless foresees that, in the near future, the United States will lose its favorable isolation, as England lost here during the past twenty years. The greatest value of this book...
...very least there ought to be room for half of the student body at any one time, and plans should be made for reading-room space for all students. Work in the reading rooms is an essential part of the system. Unless all students are able to have continuous access to the reports, encyclopedias, digests, and text books, and learn for themselves how to use a lawyer's tools, much of what it is sought to achieve is left undone. Additional reading-room accomodations for 750 students should be provided...
...would require two years of graduate residence instead of the single one now prescribed. The work of these two years would be cultural rather than technical. The aspirant for this degree, though left more to his own resources than he had been in his undergraduate career, would still have access to lectures and the tutorial system. At the end of his term of preparation, the student would submit an essay, roughly corresponding to but much less exhaustive than the thesis for the doctorate, which would show his fitness to be considered a master of his field...