Word: broader
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Central Conference of American Rabbis has come out for: broader distribution of wealth; the principle of labor unionism; "the right to a living wage"; old-age pensions and health insurance for laborers; a five-day work week...
Candidates for the news board will be assigned a number of news sources which they will cover regularly, and after the first week will be encouraged to take a broader field for their efforts, getting interviews and "scoops" for which extra credit will be given. Editorial candidates will write one editorial a day on any subject connected with Harvard, or on matters of educational or national interest. Under the supervision of experienced editorial writers, their ideas will soon take form...
...turn back the subtle inroads of this form of philistinism only the sped of suggestion which awakens broader interests in needed. The plan of throwing students together in Houses is being tried, but it would seem that the difficulty might be attacked much nearer its root in the system of courses. If, for example, Professor Whitehead gave a lecture to the Freshmen who take Mathematics A, explaining the significance of mathematics in Philosophy, the mental horizon of all the intelligent students in the course would be appreciably widened. The same scheme, modified for various fields, would work successfully in almost...
Concentration in Sociology gives one the opportunity of selecting courses in a broader range of related departments than does concentration in any other field. From the standpoint of the prospective concentrator, especially if he be somewhat timid and doubtful about the finality of his decision, this relative freedom to browse in sundry delectable fields of his own choice is a strong practical advantage. Most of the Older departments, like English, Classics, Mathematics, Music, the Natural Sciences, Fine Arts--are more thoroughly self-contained than the younger Social Sciences. History and, Anthropology, Government and Economics, Psychology and Literature, Philosophy and History...
Dictatorship. No dictator could have asked for broader powers than were granted by this bill. President Roosevelt's original proclamation was based on the wartime Trading-With-the-Enemy Act. Grave doubt existed as to the legality of his orders because U. S. courts have implied that that Act, while not specifically repealed, expired in 1921 with the passage of the Knox peace resolution. Even loyal Senator Glass exclaimed in the Senate debate: "Some of us are disposed to think these proclamations have been invalid and unconstitutional...