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High thinking was promoted by barring all children's books, starting Bertha right off with Shakespeare, Milton, Jane Austen and, of course, Thoreau. Grandma allowed no gossip about people-"not people outside of books." Grandma disapproved of dolls and pets. Bertha once tried to hatch out an egg herself...
But Freshmen get along. They learn of tutoring schools and mimeographed lecture notes. They get used to the animal heads and the menu at the Union. They acquire shoes and hats and slacks and friends like the rest. They find their places and the atmosphere gradually, unnoticeably, has meanwhile through...
To say that Capra is now the cinema's outstanding director does not imply that he is tops in all respects. As they acquire prestige, directors acquire specialties. Capra's is a certain kind of peculiarly American, peculiarly kinetic humor, in which the most individual characteristic is an...
As an operating chief, Sam Insull knew no peer. His network of gas, light, power and transit companies spread over 32 States from North Dakota to Florida to Maine, served some 10,000,000 people, had securities with a market value of over three billion dollars, had combined earning power...
"Proceed with the fertilizer program. . . . Acquire some phosphate land. . . . While the phosphorus plant is getting under way, work out plans for a complete cycle of processes, perhaps including Portland cement and dry ice. . . .