Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From an ideal standpoint it is clearly desirable that greater weight be given to tutorial work. The difficulty is the practical one of how to accomplish this. Each tutor, it is argued, is so prejudiced in favor of his own tutees that in many cases his remarks are about as reliable as the eyewash found in the ordinary business letter of recommendation. That this should be true is not surprising in view of the fact that at present all the tutor is asked for is in effect a letter of recommendation. The CRIMSON has suggested before in this and other...
...various occasions publishing humbuggery has been reported to the Post Office Department which has refused to take action on the grounds that the agencies actually did not promise to accomplish more than they did-i. e., print the absurd drivel sent them. However, reputable agents are currently trying to arouse action by the Federal Trade Commission which has broader powers. Author & Journalist pointed out the adroit wording of the publishers' provocative letters to Lottie, also called attention to the major catch in the publishers' schemes: In no case was Lottie told just how many copies of The Missing...
...A.U.C.A. can consequently accomplish little by parading its points before the eyes of university authorities. For all save these who qualify by high scholastic ability for regular scholarships, pecuniary support must be sought outside university treasuries. Today, that is a harsh judgment, but one which is too well buttressed by practical considerations to be regarded as wholly unfair...
...Reorganization of the departments is new well under way, especially in the post office, agriculture, and commerce departments. Quite a few bureaus can be absolutely abolished, while some can be radically cut down. We though we had sufficient power to accomplish everything in this line but there are several economies, amounting to 50 or 60 million dollars, which are not provided for. I expect that these loose ends will be covered in a new bill which will be introduced in a short time. Since at least $100,000,000 will be saved from the post office department alone, the total...
...more equitable adjustment of the principal of the [farm] debt and a reduction of interest rates which in many instances are so unconscionably high as to be contrary to a sound public policy . . . to restore to [farmers] the hope of ultimate free ownership of their own land."* To accomplish this the Federal Land Banks, under Henry Morgenthau Jr.'s Farm Credit Administration, were to issue $2,000,000,000 worth of 4% bonds, the Government guaranteeing the interest. The Land Banks were to swap these bonds for mortgages-a transaction involving little or no cash exchange. In the swapping...