Word: concern
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With regard to future diminution of the complete freedom of student determination Mr. Holmos' chief concern is to moderate alarmist fears: students are "not quite so likely" to live exactly as they choose; there will be "little coercion in the whole undertaking"; "the Houses will not leave students quite on free." But Harvard men are not interested in the degree of restriction contemplated. They dopier the change in kind that makes an estimation of degree necessary...
...such comprehensive effort has hitherto been made to assess the forces of twentieth century life, and the result commands the concern of all who have an interest in their own age and its destiny...
Once again it was demonstrated that the University eleven is weak in that department of football devoted to throwing, catching, and breaking up passes. It is likely that much of the work for the next ten days will concern itself with the aerial scheme of attack and defense...
...waxed in its direct power over the lives of U. S. citizens. This year, 35 States chose Governors-Maine last September and 34 States last week. In every State, where a real contest existed, citizens awaited for gubernatorial results with less emotion than for presidential, but with scarcely less concern. For politicians, gubernatorial results were almost as important as presidential because of the local patronage at stake...
When the president of a $10,000,000 concern resigns it is usually for one of these reasons: 1) he is old, stockholders demand younger blood; 2) he is inefficient, stockholders demand bigger returns; 3) he is dishonest, stockholders demand integrity; 4) he is unwanted, there has been a merger. But when Fred W. Ramsey, president of the Cleveland Metal Products Co. resigned six years ago he was neither 1) old, his age was 42; 2) inefficient, he had helped his concern to succeed; 3) dishonest, nor 4) unwanted. Having succeeded in business, during a quarter-century of sedulous attention...