Word: argumentation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...portentous. Secondly, Phillips Holmes, in looks and actions, is a pacifist of the old school,". . . people used to call me yellow." And thirdly, the peace-loving masses are mostly, women, and talk incessantly of "women and children." If the cause of World peace has a strong argument today, it is to point out the phenomenon of post-war Depression, and the burden to the tax-payer of preparations, operations, reparations, and veterans legislations. This last "Men Must Fight" fail...
...remarks on French 1 and 2, printed above, may be applied with equal validity to German A. The course is useful chiefly as an argument against the existence of the language requirements and as a condemnation of a secondary school system which leaves the teaching of elementary language courses to the colleges. This criticism is not original. The professor in charge of the course deplores at the opening meeting the necessity of giving the course at all, and it is only too evident throughout the year that the instructors share his views. Besides those who take the course to pass...
Three weeks ago he telegraphed from Salzburg in terror, begging Capt. Roehm's forgiveness. There was no answer. Early last week two motor cars full of young Nazis found the village of Durchholzen where Dr. Bell was hiding. Servants at the inn heard a violent argument in his bedroom. Two Nazis came downstairs, went outside to confer with their friends. Suddenly the telephone line was cut. One huge young man with a pale face and staring eyes went back upstairs alone. There were shots in Dr. Bell's bedroom. A porter, rushing up in his green apron...
...situation. When the Harriman did not open after the banking holiday, two Clearing House members welched, declined to carry out the understanding that the Harriman should be saved. All last week the Clearing House squabbled about what should be done. Finally Secretary Woodin put an end to argument, announced that he had asked Manufacturers Trust Co.. headed by indefatigably public-spirited Harvey Dow Gibson, to take over the Harriman's assets and promptly pay depositors in full-"without risk" to itself for it was reported that the Treasury intended to hold the members of the Clearing House...
...unanimous decision of the judges in the Freshman debate held last night in the Upstairs Common Room of the Union. Harvard upheld the affirmative of the topic: "Resolved, That Socialism would be a better economic system than Capitalism" and decidedly outclassed their opponents in debating technique and soundness of argument. No news has yet been received of the outcome of the debate at Princeton in which the Harvard Freshman team defeated Capitalism...