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Word: ams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sorokin defends the institution of assistant professor as "a bridge for the most promising young scholars," and says. "I am glad that--President Conant decided not to abolish entirely the category of assistant professor."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Sorokin Criticizes Particulars of Tenure Report | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

This protest [Julia M. Peck's letter, TIME, May 8: "I am disgusted. ... On p. 21 (TIME, April 17) you speak of Mrs. Roosevelt . . , whom we all respect and admire, as 'long-legged.' I am ashamed of you."-ED.] amazes me! I'm a sincere admirer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 29, 1939 | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

On straight relief as opposed to work relief: "I tell my visitor that never so long as I am President of the United States will I condemn millions of men and women to the dry rot of idleness on a dole. . . . I do not have to be told that 5...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Critics Damned | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

On cutting taxes: "There is a hullabaloo for the repeal of the undistributed earnings tax. You would think that this was the principal deterrent to business today. Yet it is a simple fact that out of $1,100,-000,000 paid to the Federal Government by corporations, less than $20...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Critics Damned | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

Broadus Mitchell had long been a headache to President Bowman, who was campaigning for endowments to hold up the Hopkins' falling prestige. But after a violent quarrel with Dr. Mitchell, President Bowman once confided to students: "No mother hen is more solicitous of her chicks than I am of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Head on a Platter | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

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