Word: aspects
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...competitors were characters widely diverse in aspect: Captain Smoke, a hermit; Jean Cabell O'Neill, "a very famous pen-woman"; May Shaw, who set out to read aloud the whole Bible; an Indian Chief named Hawk, who made dirty drawings; a charming Mexican girl who sang the sad dance songs of her country, accompanying herself on the piano in the middle of the arena...
Throughout Europe the dry aspect of the Hoover victory continues to set best minds powerfully a-pondering. Suspicions stir that U. S. post-War prosperity may be due in large measure to prohibition. Just now the golden fetish of "American Methods" has wondrous kudos on the Continent (see France "American Methods"). In London last week the World Prohibition Federation held a belated mass meeting "to celebrate the triumph of Prohibition in the American victory of Herbert Hoover...
...geography in the lowest grades of grammar schools. It is further considered practicable to end this study when pupils arrive at what are called years of discretion. The purpose of such an arrangement is doubtlessly in order to impress youthful minds with the spirit of discovery and adventure. Another aspect, however, is apparent; it is found that by the mere association of ideas children can easily connect Brazil with nuts. Ceylon with tea, or even Java with coffee. By this method, they learn to the exclusion of more important facts what goes under the name of geography...
Richard Nash ("Dick") Elliott of Connersville, Ind., is short, bald, shiny, round, countrified, friendly. The public Buildings Committee, his specialty, is another important aspect of the Pork Barrel...
...send out alleged Bachelors of Arts into the cold world without first having widened their perspective of it by acquaintance with languaged of other nations? Or if this angle of the subject is too remote to penetrate the recesses of your obtuse reuses, then consider but the economic aspect. Have you no hearts? Would'st rob our struggling instructors in French and German of their sole means of livelihood? Vision a typical pathetic case it your diabolical propaganda were allowed to take root, which God forbid...