Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...True, devaluation would make British exports easier to sell, but it would also make Britain's imports cost more in terms of sterling. Imports are already cut to the bare essentials. We are more certain that devaluation will increase the cost of imports than we are that it would increase the volume of exports. In the face of the U.S. recession, how do we know we can sell more British goods in the U.S. even if devaluation lowers the dollar price tags? If American domestic prices continue to fall, we would merely have to devalue again. The time...
...advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity" is the constant aim of the members of a university. In their efforts they must by definition be always concerned with difficult questions, be they in theology, philosophy, political theory, economics, or even the natural sciences. To difficult questions there are no certain answers; controversy and vigorous discussion in consequence are the very breath of life of a university. Through the centuries this aspect of university work has frequently led to criticisms on the part of some who view the academic scene from a distance. Sometimes universities are held to be too connective...
Because there is a certain amount of truth in the old vision yet, because the young graduate has a matchless opportunity at least to stretch his wings and supplement his formal learning with travel or and interesting job, it is a pity that so many misguided souls are passing all this up to get married...
...basis for letter giving is based on participation in a certain percentage of scheduled games, or on a minimum number of minutes spent in intercollegiate competition, with the Yale game being given extra weight...
Surely the only thing that can possibly transform the Communist into a lunatic fringe into a dangerous minority is further suppression, which lends a certain dignity to a cause otherwise totally lacking it. As Locke wrote, "There is one thing only which gathers people into seditious commotions and that is oppression." More power to the CRIMSON for recalling this old truth once more. Richard W. Lyman...