Word: beyond
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...disposal of the big banks, the railroads and the corporations is not for the homeowner. . . . An objective of government should be to provide at least as much assistance to the little fellow as it is now giving to the large banks and corporations. . . . Such objectives . . . seem beyond the concern of a national administration which can think in terms only of the top of the social and economic structure. They have sought temporary relief from the top down rather than permanent relief from the bottom up, have failed to plan ahead in a comprehensive way." Greatly did this speech dismay that...
...contributions to the literature of his chosen field were important, and growing, his force as a classroom teacher was great, and beyond these merits there was the weight of his position as a pioneer in the experiment of tutoring. A host of undergraduates had derived from him a sympathetic understanding of philosophical problems during his service of more than a decade as a tutor...
...study of geology, or the influence of surface conditions upon our lives as treated by geography, why should we not find equal interest in a knowledge of the true nature of planetary motions and of the secrets of the starry realms? To those who would expand their mental horizon beyond the barriers of the earth and would have a keener appreciation of man's place in the universe, the subject of astronomy is addressed...
Stiffkey (pronounced "Stewky") is in Norfolk. Beyond officiating at matins and evensong on Sundays, bland, white-haired Dr. Davidson* spent little time there. His avowed mission was in London where he devoted himself to saving errant girls. "We believe," ran the formal charge, "that the Rev. Harold F. Davidson had a right and duty to rescue maidens from a life of sin, but that in the process he should not have: "Systematically misbehaved himself - "Kissed and hugged Barbara Harris in a Chinese restaurant in Bloomsbury "Permitted 17-year-old Barbara Harris to sleep in his bed - "Been guilty of immoral...
...ten?messengers to the Twelve Tribes of Israel?were allowed to fly to their homes in various parts of Palestine. Led by Tel Aviv's Mayor Dizengoff riding on a white horse, the 3,000 athletes, aged 5 to 60, marched to a huge new stadium that was crowded beyond capacity (25.000). The Maccabiad lasted four days. No supremely able Jewish athletes were entered, no world's records were broken. No official team score was compiled...