Word: amounting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Robbery. The scene shifts to Paris, where, at No. 126 Boulevard Bineau, Neuilly, onetime Crown Prince Carol resides. Just last week the Prince came home from his newly purchased villa in the Orne Valley to discover that two weeks ago a considerable amount of his correspondence had been stolen. The fact that money and jewelry had not been touched argued a political theft, and it was assumed in diplomatic circles that the Rumanian Consulate knew more about the stealing than it was willing to confess...
...studies. Too much--because for the first two years they suppress all individuality, practically dictating what the undergraduate shall and shall not study, regardless of his abilities, inclinations and interests. Too little--because for the last two years they let him take almost anything he wants (provided a certain amount of it is in his major) and make no systematic attempt at ordering and correlating his courses, at giving unity to his program of studies. For two years the teacher makes the class recite in unison their A B C's and two years he turns them loose...
...usually optimistic, scrutinized his remarks with care. Some brokers questioned them. The loss in railway net receipt "is not great" was a contention of the President. The last available figures registered a decline of 11% which Wall Street considered hardly small. "The roads are doing about the same amount of business as last year," was another finding of the President. They are not, pointed out the brokers, for freight car loadings thus far have decreased 4½%. The Coolidge reference that "business is better than it has ever been" was also contrasted with the fact that the record...
Examples shorten explanation, I pick on a survey course known to us as "History 1." It is typical of many courses taken by Freshmen and Sophomores, covers an enormous amount of material, and to one to which my suggestion particularly applies...
Carlton is concentrating in the History and Literature of the Rennaisance, generally considered to be one of the most difficult fields in the College. The amount of time necessary to fulfill the requirements of this field, it is understood, is the chief factor which has induced Carlton to give up his managerial duties...