Word: braine
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Idea: the prevention of all disease by the perfection of the human body. Strong in his enthusiastic faith, he subjected his husky little daughter to every possible draught and germ. "She grew to be large and strong. Occasionally she suffered from a slight concussion of the brain, but she never caught a cold in the head...
...field to stimulate interest after college is through. Colleges now give every student a smattering of knowledge about nearly everything, but no deep knowledge of anything, with the result that ten years after graduation the erstwhile student has naturally forgotten the things which merely scratched his brain, but did not make a lasting impression. Education should be more concentrated and less diversified; more narrow and less broad. A complete knowledge in one subject is better than a very incomplete knowledge of ten. Perhaps opponents of this plan will say that such an education is narrowing. It is; but since...
...Vagabond has always looked upon this explanation as rather too casual and flippant. It is true that much of his manifold works seem to spring from a brain clouded by the vapors of an addled egg or weighted with the soddeness of haggis, but there are flashing moments which can only be accounted for by the finest, most digestable port. True these vibrant moments when they happen to be historical as well are seldom correct, but who really cares. It is just as pleasant to dwell upon the imagined death of Danton as it is to come to grips with...
...education preparatory to living in its justification, and perhaps its only justification." Again quoting Mr. Lowell: "The object of cultural education is to broaden and deepen the range of thought; that of vocational to prepare for a particular use. The primary aim of the former is building the brain; that of the latter, storing it. These objects are not inconsistent, and both kinds of education produce both results, albeit to a different extent...
...bail so that he could attend college examinations. They told newsmen that the victim had stepped in front of Walter's automobile, that Walter tried to swerve out of the way but was blocked by another car. The city toxicologist reported finding alcohol in the dead man's brain. In Boston Leo Curley, 16, son of Mayor James Michael Curley, had his driver's license revoked. Last month he was freed of charges after his automobile killed a woman...