Word: cleared
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Regardless of its wrong assumptions about President Conant's annual report, the Cambridge Union of Teachers has made one thing clear. No official report which will obviously attract wide publicity and public reaction should be issued without extra care that there are no ambiguous statements. Misinterpretation of any public state-men is easy, and twisting the meaning of veiled educational proclamations is easier. Although many in the University are still puzzled and confused by President Conant's report, few can possibly believe that by "limitation" Mr. Conant meant a drastic curtailment of enrollment in all colleges. Naturally...
...modest Lincoln Day speech free from the blatant denunciations that too often feature attacks on the New Deal, Governor George D. Aiken of Vermont offered much sensible advice to his own party. And when he was through, he had made abundantly clear the reasons for its failure...
...main front it is clear that Franco has a large superiority in aircraft and a considerable superiority in artillery. On the other hand the fighting spirit seems to be stronger on the Barcelona Government side as a whole, except for certain sections of Franco's troops, such as the Navarrese and what remains of the Foreign Legion. The Government also seems to have the superiority in motor transport, and this is very important militarily. Any greater result than an initial success in a surprised offensive depends on the rapidity with which attacker and defender can rush up reserves...
...thrillers against the placid background of the English countryside. Said he: "I want to commit murder amid babbling brooks." The result teams 18-year-old Nova Pilbeam and Play Actor Derrick de Marney in a melodramatic hodge-podge that lacks the vivid outlines and clear characterizations of previous Hitchcock films, but is, nevertheless, a fair sample of Hitchcock devices...
...British parents, Sanders made a great stir in his first Hollywood role, as the foppish Lord Stacy in Lloyd's of London. Immediately earmarked for stardom by Producer Darryl Zanuck, he has been undergoing a melodramatic course of sprouts (Slave Ship, Lancer Spy). International Settlement makes it clear that, even in the presence of seasoned troupers like prettily prognathous Dolores Del Rio, the sound stage is his whenever he walks...