Word: affairing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Senate in its wisdom, after being whipped through several night sessions by Majority Leader Barkley. who wanted this session of Congress to end some day, made an end of arguing. By 60-to-10 it passed a bill 1) rating Depression II as a $3,722,905,000 affair-$568,480,000 bigger than the House thought- 2) giving Franklin Roosevelt almost as free a hand in spending the money as he had asked...
...finding that the President's rejection of the recommendation was not due to any prejudice against the social and economics views of Drs. Walsh and Sweezy, and on the whole through. Nonetheless, in its disregard of the financial element involved--which seems to be the touchstone of the affair--and in its careless statement that the President's ruling concerning the promotion of instructors in Economics "subordinated educational values to financial exigencies," the Committee destroyed its own case. There is little doubt that Mr. Conant's fears in 1936 regarding the financial condition of the University were justified...
...that the Faculty Committee of nine investigating the Walsh-Sweezy affair has finally handed in its report, Harvard faculty, undergraduates, and alumni are eagerly awaiting early publication of the Committee's findings. We hope that the University's action last year in releasing the initial Walsh-Sweezy story during a vacation will not be repeated...
...German deserter. Gradually, as one soldier after another was shocked at the injustice, his case became the centre of a major conflict. A sergeant tried to save him, then a lieutenant, finally a general. They compromised their army careers, suffered the constant temptation to let the whole affair go. When millions of men were dying, what difference did the death of one more make...
Philosophy A covers the history of Philosophy, which is a large order. Professor Demos has done an excellent job of integration, but it is naturally a pretty hurried affair. Professor Perry, an authority and scholarly lecturer, will join in conducting the course this year. It is a fundamental course for concentrators, but should not be taken Freshman year...