Word: corrections
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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FORTUNE, December, p. 114, col. 3: "His early schooling included many summers abroad, a term at Nauheim, and the very easy and fluent command of French and German which gives him so great an advantage over his predecessor in dealing with Europeans." May I inquire which is correct...
...would seem, for in one of those courses in which the papers are not returned it is the custom to read over A and E papers as many as six times. Although this is an exceptional case, it would seem to show that there is sufficient time to correct papers in such a way that they would be of help to the student...
...present controversy is but a passing phase of this class warfare; and here it is interesting to note how Karl Marx's famed theory of the class war is proving to be correct in this case, although his materialistic conception of history has been shown to be full of holes. It may be that Marx is as correct about the future as he was erroneous about the past...
...fraudulently obtained still remains, and if there has been some slight injustice done--and this is most unlikely--it is far outweighed by the good that will derive from the cleaning up of an intolerable mess. Mr. Roosevelt's action in this case has been thoroughly courageous and essentially correct; the tactics of his opponents, particularly in the Lindbergh affair has been despicable and characteristically hypocritical. I do not believe that many people will be taken in by their blather about unfairness, despite their control of a good portion of the press and the immense influence they wield...
...liquor would not be excessive, even if it had to exercise its right to regulate prices charged by the distiller; whiskey at $1.50 a quart was predicted for the near future, and Health Commissioner Wynne of New York put through regulations which were supposed to insure the purity and correct labeling of liquor...