Word: branches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Maria Germanova, 47, arrived in the U. S. in October, leaving behind husband. son and dog, knowing only a few words of English. Besides acting in Moscow she founded and directed the Prague branch of the Moscow Art Theatre. Lately she has lived in Paris. Because the boat on which she planned to sail was scheduled to reach the U. S. on the eleventh of the month, she canceled her reservation and took a later one. This superstition she acquired from such incidents as the imprisonment of a friend on the eleventh day of the month...
...exclusion. Yet there are many who feel that the School has reached a critical stage. Either it must strike off independently of the College than is now the case, assuming a relation like that of the distinct graduate school, or it must identify itself more completely with the academic branch. This latter relation would presuppose the adoption of the House Plan in some form...
...where there are now 600 acres instead of the original 200 and 23 studios available for four months of the year at the rate of $12 per week. To be true to its purpose, the colony must be kept small, never is to exceed 25. There creators in any branch of the arts may work in perfect seclusion, even have meals brought to their studio doors. There are dormitories for men, equipment for physical recreation, an excellent library. Worthiest advertisement is a list of Peterborough patrons and their products. It includes Poet Edwin Arlington Robinson whose Tristram was Peterborough-born...
...prize of $250. The basis for the competition is general and specific knowledge of the news of the world over a set period of time. No special preparation in the nature of courses is required nor is any registration necessary. The contest is open to all men in any branch of the College who have an interest in the news, and it is only necessary to appear at the designated hour and place to take the examination...
...past fifty years have been simply astounding, and without parallel in the world's history. The applications of this science in the field of electrical engineering have been of great variety tremendous fundamental importance and substantial effect in the advancement of civilization. It is difficult to name any branch of industry which has not been benefited by some phase of applied electrical science and in many industries this science has become an absolute essential...