Word: brightening
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...summer passes, the prospects for higher prices of railway shares brighten. For some months, while 'rails" have been practically stationary, "industrials" have soared. With record freights looming this fall, and with President Coolidge's open stand in behalf of voluntary rail mergers, however, enthusiasm for railroad shares is plainly reviving...
Foreign conditions, despite a temporary dip in francs, are undoubtedly continuing to brighten. The crucial British example in funding her U.S. debt and returning to the gold standard (TIME, May 11, 18) has borne its expected fruits among other European debtor countries, which are now hastening to set their financial affairs in order. As yet, this has not resulted in sufficiently definite actions to seriously affect U. S. business, but it promises to before...
...instructor as he beats time and leads the refrain. Humorous as this at first appears, the principle underlying it is a sound one. The History 32 glee club is, of course, only an experiment, but there is every reason to expect that vocal selections will really be able to brighten and "vitalize" the study of history. Psychologists have long been aware that the mind retains most vividly impressions received under emotional stress, while to educators the fact will, we trust, be demonstrated that music as an aid to learning should not be confined solely to kindergartens. Furthermore, the success...
...meeting yesterday afternoon of the Freshman track squad members who made the trip to Exeter Saturday, James Edward Merrill of Brighten was elected captain of the 1924 team. Merrill is the best all-round man on the Freshman squad, being both a fast sprinter and an excellent broad-jumper...
...those who knew Dr. Wolfson (now Assistant Professor) would have been extremely disappointed not to have ready just such a searching analysis of the "mis-named Jewish problem". He has been one of those brilliant lights of scholastic achievement, who, unless brought to light through outside forces, would only brighten the lives of research scholars like himself...