Word: beste
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hatred, but one the less deeply moving. . . David Lloyd George's "Memoirs of the Peace Conference' reconstruct, from an unmistakable viewpoint, the peace conference which made no peace at all. . . Pierre van Paassen's "Days of our Years" remains one of the most enthralling, and certainly the best written, of the "personal histories" which the future will find useful in reconstructing our times. Mr. Van Paassen's literary gifts are sufficient to raise his book well above the level of what used to be called "journalism." Sometimes it seems as though the journalists are writing the only really worthwhile books...
...Varsity and Freshman wrestling coach. And right now Pat has a right to flash his broadest smile in years, because as soon as his Varsity matment can shake off a few minor early-season injuries, they have a good chance to develop into one of the most powerful and best-balanced squads he has ever had here...
...Winterset" is Anderson at his best, although, of course, it cannot rightly be said that Manager Alan Gray Holmes' production is "Winterset" at its best. But even if there is some lack of understanding and subtlety, this is more than compensated for by sincerity and vigor, and at all times the play is entertaining and enjoyable. Vola Blakely is a convincing and wistfully tragic Miriamme, and she is notable for never falling out of part as do most of the others at one time or another. William Shea's Mio is versatile and effective--would be more...
Whatever the reason for these mental illnesses, the greatest danger lies in the lure of fake remedies; for the sick man is an all-too-easy victim of the first best quack who happens to cross--and bar--his way; he believes in miracles as the drowning man believes in his straw. Harvard has its quack doctors in plenty, its tutoring schools perched along Massachusetts Avenue. Sick people flock in, sick people flock out. Liberal education at its best...
...intellectual brothels" should succumb to the argument of a fuller purse and higher grades. As far as all other men are concerned, they stand only to lose by the garblings and the false emphases and the generally confusing misinterpretations of Square authoring. It offers a good which is at best unreliable, and which is much more than likely dangerous...