Word: attaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...young oaks are hardy and will spread more than their predecessors. They average now about 20 feet in height and 3 inches in diameter. This group of trees should afford considerable shade within five years, but the nurserymen have calculated that a generation will pass before the new trees attain the size of the elms...
...mise en scene of "Sumurun" is of a simplicity that rebukes our habitual elaborate settings, and the oriental atmosphere is reproduced with striking intensity. The actors attain a degree of effectiveness in characterization even of minor parts that is unique on our modern stage. Miss Konstantip excels in the portrayal of the passionate animal spirits of the slave-girl, while Mr. Orlofi, as the hunchback is peculiarly successful in showing his pathetic despair. Though "Sumurun" may invite the banal criticisms of a spasmodically moral censorship, it is the most distinguished play seen in Boston this year, and as an artistic...
...human race is old and changes slowly, but we must not despair, for in a relative world one can not attain an absolute goal. We should be patient and do what we can to bring it about that more people can with reasonable hope aspire to a condition of greater happiness. It is to this aim that modern politics gives at least lip-homage...
...Palmer said that a personal religion, which each man must work out for himself, as opposed to the corporate religion into which he is born, is the basic necessity of all belief. Some attain it by intuition, others by logical reasoning, but unless the personal element is present, faith will give way to scepticism in a crisis...
...especially when it takes part in it as successfully as it has in lacrosse, it is the duty of all to support the team, secondly because the position of manager is one that is always valuable training to those who try for it, as well as for those who attain...