Word: belief
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...emphatic in his statement of his belief in the commercial theatre. "The theatre is the place for entertainment and if it can be intelligent entertainment so much the better...
...What is poetry for? To the Greeks and Romans education was practically synonymous with the study of the poets. For myself, I find it extremely difficult to attach no significance whatever to the belief of poets that it is their office to teach...
...earnings were $1.91 a share. Previous attempts to distribute the stock, mostly held by speculators, have been unsuccessful. Early this year a group of brokers ran the stock to 37⅞, but before much was distributed it broke to 21½. Last week it was strong around 28 on belief that the Fox Birthday plan, if successful, will reduce the floating supply...
Saying that a split-up "is likely to encourage the belief in the minds of many innocent people that it is the forerunner of substantial increases in dividends," the Department ruled that the par value should not be reduced until "the selling price on the Boston Stock Exchange more nearly approximates its real value." This real value was set by the Department at $169, a price it has not been at since...
...sincere belief that Princeton lost to the Navy in the final contest of the 1928 football campaign not because her team was outclassed by the Annapolis eleven, but because her nominal adherents in the stands were effectively taken out by a vociferous and enthusiastic corps of midshipmen...