Word: attainment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...renewed and thorough-going attempt to suppress this increasing danger. For in spite of governmental efforts, plots and bomb outrages have not diminished since the war; yesterday's fire should be only one more argument against the extreme methods which the radicals appear to have adopted to attain their desires...
...Annabel," and "A Successful Calamity," with William Gillette. Mr. Jones designed the scenery for John Barrymore's last three successes: "Redemption." "The Jest," and "Richard the Third," and one of his latest works is that in the new Ben Ami play produced by Arthur Hopkins. Because they did not attain his ideal, Mr. Jones has destroyed most of his models of stage settings recently exhibited in New York, where he has also lectured on "The New Drama...
...deep thought which give any real assurance of success. Why, may I ask, should any team be put in a position of aiding its opponents, either to duplicate a perfected offense, or find a defense against it, when it is only superior work in the minutest details which attain the desired results. I have talked with inumerable coaches and football players identified with Harvard opponents of the past, who endeavored to describe various plays which Harvard has used, only to find that continual close attention on their part hall left them still in the dark as to the very vital...
...again the man of science who longs to make a discovery that will advance the welfare of mankind. But he finds that others are encroaching on his field, or getting the credit for his work; and at last his interest is more engaged with the fame he hopes to attain than with the benefit his discoveries will confer...
...system inaugurated by the Harvard School of Education is one which has been found fundamentally sound elsewhere. The graduate of a recognized college or normal school, after several years work as a graduate student may attain the degree of Master of Education. This degree will mean not only that the holder has gained a mastery of the principles of pedagogy and their application, but also that he or she has had considerable, experience in the handling of classes. It will mean that the graduate of the Educational school will be in a position to demand and receive higher rate...