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...fear of both Bonaparte and Bourbon restorations, the Frenchmen who reconstituted the Republic after the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 reduced the powers of the President to almost honorary dimensions. Thereafter, the jealous deputies usually selected as President the kind of man who would not try to broaden the scope...
...with mentally is very fine, but as soon as you try to put it plastically, it's ruined. That's why you always begin again." Escher's brilliantly conceived beginnings may not be art in any strict sense of the word, but they may quite possibly broaden art's horizons...
...been sharing the load were not being taxed at all. Henderson figured that at least $89 billion of untaxed expenditures (excluding such essentials as food and rent) should be taxed. Including the goods that are already subject to excise taxes-and projecting the figures to 1952 levels-that would broaden the tax base from $40 billion to $130 billion. A 5% tax on this broad base would yield $6.5 billion a year...
Lazaro began his business career as a bank accountant, earned enough money before the turn of the century to strike out on his own. On muleback, aboard stagecoaches and on asthmatic trains, he combed Spain for art works that dealers had overlooked. His profits enabled him to broaden his operations, which eventually included all of Europe and the Americas. Lazaro was one of the first to go to Russia after World War I, came back with trunkloads of masterpieces. "Those Reds," he exulted, "don't even know the difference between a Rembrandt and a colored calendar...
Candidates for the News Board gain reporting experience in the College's only school of journalism. They will meet visiting and local celebrities, and get a chance to improve their writing as they broaden their knowledge of the University...