Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...widow of William Belden Noble. The spirit of the foundation is based on the teachings of Phillips Brooks and the purpose is to arouse in young men an interest in the work of the ministry and the "joy of service for Christ and humanity." Each year to help accomplish this purpose men eminent in their field come to speak on subjects closely related to Christian theology and principles. Theodore Roosevelt '80, Wilfred Grenfell '10, and the Dean of St. Paul's, London, have been among the speakers in previous years...
...exuberant but anxious student called us up Saturday morning--exuberant over his previous night's conquest of Weeks Bridge with bottle and automobile but anxious to know if he were the first to accomplish this feat...
...through Spain, that the government wished to have certain art objects of national importance returned, among which was the Fogg sarcophagus. In return, the Spanish government would give other works of art of equal intrinsic value. This plan, however, was purely unofficial, and before the Duke was able to accomplish anything more definite, his king had been overthrown by the revolution...
Babies, she believed, might accomplish much musically if the pattern of the conventional piano keyboard were not meaningless to them. A child begins to discriminate between forms at from 18 to 24 months. Color discrimination comes a little later. Therefore, suggested Dr. McGraw, let piano manufacturers design a keyboard of which each key bears its own circle, square, triangle or little animal, perhaps also its own color...
...Rollin Kirby cartoon, soliciting Big Business support to "gang" Franklin D. Roosevelt. President Colby Chester of General Foods hastily disclaimed his chairman's ideas as representing corporate policy. A market letter of Weingarten & Co. offered Stockbroker Hutton some sage advice: "Interests and forces opposed to the Administration can accomplish much more . . . in fighting out the issues on their merits rather than talking about . . . super-lobbies and 'ganging...