Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...William James Lectures, already begun by the Philosophy and Psychology departments, head the second group. Similar are the lectures on modern music sponsored by the Music Department and numerous informal lectures, closed to the masses, on science, literature, current politics usually held in House common rooms. The latter, followed to advantage by meals in the dining halls, afford a great opportunity for knowing distinguished teachers outside the classroom...
...that in a nearby Munich hotel was waiting former Hungarian Premier Dr. Koloman Daranyi on a mission from Budapest to ask the Chancellor to "advise" Czechoslovakia to yield 8,000 square miles to Hungary-enough territory to pinch off the eastern end of Czechoslovakia and give Hungary & Poland a common frontier. The Hungarians had been offered 2,000 square miles which they indignantly rejected last week and Hungarian Regent Horthy promptly mobilized approximately 500,000 troops with the slogan "for Peace...
...most interesting of all the drawings is "The Bathers" by Picasso. Whenever Picasso's name is mentioned it is immediately associated with Cubism, and the common notion about Cubists is that they work in their peculiar manner because they are unable to do otherwise. In this drawing, however, there is not a trace of Cubism. Quite to the contrary, it shows a draftsman who, in technical skill, is almost equal to the great artists of the Italian Renaissance. Picasso's use of line has form and solidarity which can hardly be excelled, and his handling of many different bodily positions...
...dean could proclaim himself dictator," Lerner writes, "and his loyal adherents would wear red shirts to classes. A notice of secession would be sent to the Governor of the Common wealth...
...hammer home this thought, two impassioned English oldsters-Powys is 66, Ford 65-give their best to prove to common readers that the classics are good reading. Both are concerned with the literary rather than the biographical aspect of their subjects, both agree on their main admirations: Homer, Shakespeare, the Bible, the Greek tragedies, Dostoyevsky; neither has much use for the scientific and political spirit of contemporary letters...