Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dredging and diving, a chief hunter, a marine artist, a photographer and cinematographer (John Tee-Van) a preparateur, a taxidermist, a scientific artist and a historian, the last two of whom were women, Isabel Cooper and Ruth Rose. A few of the chapters are by Miss Rose, but the bulk of the volume is Beebe...
...feature film." Another item in this 1923 inventory is the successful film, The Covered Wagon, which cost $850,000 originally; it has been playing for almost a year in the big cities, and has not yet been released to the small town picture houses from which the bulk of the film income is received. The company's policy, however, is to write down its films mostly in their first year, and The Covered Wagon is now carried at about one-eighth of its cost...
...giving their reasons for recommending this radical change, the Committee was of the opinion that Seniors involved would have more time to study for divisionals, and would also have an opportunity to devote more attention to other activities, since managing takes up the bulk of the students' time for the entire four years. With men becoming managers in their Junior year, they would also have an opportunity of completing their college course in three years, or at the middle of their Senior year...
...foundation in Holden Chapel, and the Law School in the lower floor of Dane Hall, which was burned during the late war. Langdell Hall was built only when the Law School had assumed an important place in the University. The University Museum is a great jumble and bulk of buildings, yet their very immensity inspires one to recall Agassiz, that great scientist who gave up science for a period to get enough money to establish a museum...
There are two chief questions involved: 1) Title to the treasures; 2) Rights of publication. The question of visitors is bound up with the latter. The great bulk of the visitors have been curious correspondents and press agents, to whom Carter reserved the right to refuse admittance. By the terms of the concession granted to Lord Carnarvon in 1915, before the tomb was discovered, all rights of publication were to be his. Upon the Earl's death, the agreement was continued with his estate and widow, Countess Almina. Exclusive rights were sold to the London Times and the Associated...