Word: beyond
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...couch a private albeit a worthy sentiment in the form of a public petition. It is deplorable that the American undergraduate press, as the sole method of expressing undergraduate opinion to the public, should have so abused its position that intelligent citizens justly regard its forays into fields beyond its usual ken as brainstorms, commercial in purpose, irresponsible in execution, and insignificant in results...
...trial has been hailed by many as a real chance for a future reversal of the decision. But this hope appears ephemeral, for the case has gone beyond the question of justice. It has become the focal point in the radical-conservative struggle. It no longer matters whether Mooney was guilty; the significant fact to both sides is that he is the representative of the labor movement. He has become the symbol of class warfare, and while such, no impartial view of the testimony can be expected...
...salaries have been reduced, with unemployed brothers and hungry parishioners to care for. One thoroughgoing economy was lately proposed-to omit the annual General Assembly next May. To save $25,000 in delegates' expenses the Assembly will be held in Columbus, Ohio instead of Fort Worth, Tex. But beyond that the Presbyterians will not go. Indeed, last week, fighting for their Assembly aroused some of them to higher fervor than they have displayed in many...
...Panterias the sage, when the future course of his life was revealed to him by the haruspex; as that all the labors of the scholar, the resolutions of the philosopher, even the ecstasies of the poet are meaningless and in vain, when they confront the dark and fathomless abyss beyond. Outside, through the high shining windows of the hall, could be seen the white, jagged clouds and the blue author in which they were so lightly afloat. The sweet wind hurried in through the open casement after it had touched the bare trees. . . howbeit not the thought of deliverance...
...American Scene" is the headline story of 1932. No attempt is made to plunge beyond or to deny superficiality. Mr. Hill plies with nimble grace about prominent folk, furbishing dull news monotones with sprightly adjectives and keen imaginative sense as to detail. Herbert Clark Hoover who found that there was "something wrong with the blueprints", Franklin Delano Roosevelt who would "rather walk than be president", "Humpty-Dumpty" Ivar Krauger of the "great fall", "Playboy" Jimmy of the "Primrose Path", Smith Reynolds "who had never quite got a grip on life", Dr. Rosenbach whose "little gold pencil flipped up" -- all these...