Word: concerned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lincoln was able to jest at his own failures is indicated in a humorous business card he had printed up following one of his political defeats. The card reads: "A Lincoln, Attorney and Councillor at Law, Springfield, Ill. To Whom It May Concern. My old customers and others are no doubt aware of the terrible time I have had in crossing the stream, and will be glad to know that I will be back on the same side from which I started, on or before the 4th of March next, when I will be ready to Swap Horses, Dispense...
...Crowther was invited to come to Cambridge to give a series of lectures on "The History of American Science," the first of which will be given this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Hunt Hall and will concern "The Relation of Benjamin Franklin's Discoveries to the Conditions of his Time...
...peculiarly up & down profession of aviation, Boeing Aircraft Co. has had a particularly up & down career. Created by accident after a crash, it has climbed to some of the greatest heights, endured some of the dizziest falls of any concern in the business. Last week, true to form, after a long anxious glide Boeing was once more roaring upward with new gallons in the gas tank and prosperity at the joystick...
...your interesting editorial regarding the weaknesses of stringent residence requirements for a Bachelor's degree, you might have greatly strengthened your case by referring to Chicago's example. Chicago graduates would have reason to be somewhat amused at this concern over a three-year residence requirement; since 1934, at least four students have satisfied the A.B. requirements at Chicago in two years (six quarters) or less, there have been a number of cases of students receiving the degree in three years (nine quarters or less and excellent students rarely expect to be forced to spend four years (twelve quarters) working...
...popularity. Harvard has never evinced any false modesty over the worth of her own sons. Through the Norton Professorship, however, she is able to ward off the spring fever of complacency with a salutary drink now and then from the waters of outlying springs. This tonic is of considerable concern to Bostonians, as well as students, and is generally offered to the public. Especially since the professorship is thus turned to a popular purpose must the choice be a popular...