Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...story of two fathers, lifelong friends, and their sons, it differs from most British family novels in one main respect. Instead of portraying the conflict of old and new social forces, it poses a more strictly moral theme: the evil consequences of parents trying to realize their unfulfilled ambitions in their sons. The worse example of deluded fatherhood is William Essex (narrator of the story), who rises from the Manchester slums to fame as a novelist, determines that his only son, Oliver, shall have all the advantages he missed. His friend, Dermot O'Riorden, dedicates his son Rory...
...only if Il Duce refrains from farther territorial expansion. But, Dr. Salvemini declared, since Hitler has gained enormous prestige by his Austrian adventures, Mussolini must keep the Italian masses contented by more victories, and these, for geographical reasons, must be in the Mediterranean region--in direct conflict with British and French away...
...that such measures are harmful, if imposed as they were in the first part of an upswing, because by redistributing income they increase consumption too fast, and by taking the surpluses of the wealthy they reduce greatly the amount of capital available for new and speculative investment. This apparent conflict between the long-run need to lessen savings and the cyclical problem of having enough capital on hand to promote recovery can be reconciled, the authors believe, by a more flexible and changeable tax policy than that at present. Truly this pamphlet is required reading for those interested in finance...
Criticism has been raised against the conflict of dates and extravagance of cost under the present system. Objection has been found to the high priced bands, the deficit incurred by most of the dance committees, and the non-restrictive attendance...
...inter-House group, composed of the seven House Committee chairmen, was inaugurated last fall to apportion dates for the House dances, and to prevent conflicts. The success of the Committee in this direction has been very mild. Four possible conflicts, it is true, have been averted on the Committee's behalf. But at Christmas time the first major conflict occurred when Winthrop held a dance the same night as did Kirkland. Since then the Inter-House Committee has been inactive, with the possible consequence that supervision of House dances will pass into higher hands...