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...event" viewed in the perspective of the present day. He then carries the reader back five centuries to set his stage and to create a semblance of atmosphere. The final half of the book deals with the assassination and its immediate results to the individuals involved. This rather chaotic plan allows little direct sequence or coherence in a situation which demands clarity and unity above all things...
...critical comment on such a suggestion must of necessity begin with that platitude which concerns the two sides of every question. There can be no doubt, particularly in view of the tutorial system, that in a field as general--even slightly chaotic--as Economics, there are bound to be certain courses which overlap. This being true, it is equally obvious that a student is wasting his time on any course the subject matter of which he has already covered. Divisionals must be faced and information of a diverse nature must be acquired. The question is, should a student be credited...
...from newspaper accounts, revolution may well seem to be the chronice condition of that country. The past twenty years have seen a series of military dictators succeed each other in the seat of power only to be ousted in turn by some ambitions subordinate or rival. Out of this chaotic scene Professor Holcombe here tries to isolate the significant incidents and to demonstrate the continuity of development that lies behind them. The book is more than a scholar's reference work, for the facts collected are analyzed and interpreted by a critical mind that is well versed in governmental problems...
...stood on Tuesday morning, and so, to all intents, it stood in the late Friday afternoon when hysterical stockholders demanded to be released from the barred doors of their seventh chaotic session. Four days of wild confusion had not settled the issue, had indeed only befogged it. The scene of the voting had changed to the fine, big Stambaugh auditorium. But the scene of the real battle had moved, far from the tired, bitter stockholders, into the comparative quiet of the courts. Neither Cyrus Eaton nor Jim Campbell, nor Grace and Schwab of Bethlehem, nor the Mather brothers of Cleveland...
...drifts. Schools all closed when attendance dropped to 20%. The snow even blanketed crime: not one case was docketed in Morals Court during the blizzard; only six robberies were reported to tho police. Abandoned automobiles along the streets were encased in soft bulgy white outlines. Railroad yards became chaotic as switches jammed. The Illinois Central put a long string of freight cars out along its lakefront line to serve as a snow fence. The city's milk supply was sharply reduced while suburbanites subsisted on canned goods. Lifelines had to bo stretched on Michigan Avenue. One snow-blinded...