Word: adopter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that their jobs are to assist. What though they be bored with oft-repeated questions and that ignorance of a narrow field which naturally arises from an intellect whose interests are necessarily broader? They are paid to overcome this distasteful boredom. Such irritations are the crosses which men who adopt this troublesome profession have to bear. An assistant is not earning his salary unless he goes out of his way to make himself as accessible to the students as he possibly can, even to the extent of sacrificing part of his social life to pay the exorbitant price...
...fastidious voters in 1936 as J. Cal Coolidge and Herb Hoover would have been in 1924 and 1928 (TIME, Dec. 23). Last week Aspirant Landon arrived at the same conclusion by a different route, let it be known around Topeka that, "perhaps I shall have to learn to adopt my christened name. ... If I stuck to 'Alf I am afraid some critics might think I was doing so for political effect...
Commenting on the fact that Professor Carver always, in his lectures to business men, refers to capitalism as "economic voluntarism," Sinclair says: "I shall urge all of our EPICS to adopt this fashion immediately...
Dorothy Cheston was never legally Arnold Bennett's wife, though before his death in 1931 a court let her adopt his name. Because he would not face the clamorous squalor of the divorce court, Bennett first would not, later could not get a divorce, under English law, from his real wife. When he first met Dorothy Cheston, he contemplated no further domestic entanglements. He was a famed middle-aged author, she a young (22-year-old) actress. Their friendship ripened perceptibly-from teas to tête-à-tête dinners to duets to a solemn kiss. Finally...
...true as is stated, "that the older endowed universities and colleges in this country have a special duty to perform in offering their facilities to students from every part of the country." Beyond this, however, I believe that there is an advantage to the respective institutions which adopt this policy and carry it to fulfillment. Some one of the English writers has said that, granting the great desirability of tradition, plant, and distinction in processes of instruction, nevertheless the most vital phase of education is the impact of youthful mind on youthful mind. This is fundamental in my philosophy...