Word: aids
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...loved books, horses, and dogs. . . . Returning home one evening he found that one of his most precious books had been gnawed by his favorite dog Beppo. Instead of chastising the dog he simply took up the fragments of the book and wrote on one of the remaining leaves: 'Beppo aid this when he was drunk.' As to the speech of the Senator from Alabama, I can say: 'He made his speech when he was excited.' " [Laughter and applause in the galleries...
...With the aid of this panel, the painting was removed entirely from the canvas, a new gesso foundation was applied, and the paint was replaced as it had been. In all, the operation took a year and a half of the most delicate work. The results were amazing to students of painting methods, since the picture today is an admirable example of one of the great Venetian masters, instead of being a total loss...
...sass today which may go down in the history of undergraduate journalism as the most epicurean of its kind ever known. The Crimson remarks that Councillor Fitzgerald, in his claim that the co-operative agreement between the Boston Public Library and the Harvard Business Library violates the constitutional anti-aid amendment "seems to have scored a point." And the paper continues: "Harvard has been particularly unfortunate in its attempted mergers for some time. The proposed consolidations of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and of the Divinity School and Andover Theological Seminary, were both quashed of Supreme Court decisions...
...this large expense, and expert service, which the Harvard Business Library now stands ready to assume, as a matter of sheer helpfulness to the business men of Boston. As for Councillor Fitzgerald's complaint that business men will have to go to Brighton to secure this aid, the truth is, of course, that no such embarrassment is anticipated. Under the agreement the Librarians of the two institutions are to work out plans and regulations providing for the most direct delivery service that can possibly be attained. All any citizen needs to do, in order to secure special assistance, will...
...important but, in so far as Mr. Fitzgerald's case involves the question whether the agreement between the two libraries is a violation of the anti-aid amendment the controversial situation is very different. Upon a careful, fresh reading of this section of the State's Constitution, no fair mind can deny that the councillor has been at least well justified in raising this issue. The language of the amendment is surprisingly inclusive, especially in its words restricting even the use of public property by any school or institution not wholly under public control. In this case, of course...