Word: credititis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...frequent the polished dance halls of Back Bay and so discover that the boss's daughter and his stenographer are sisters under a very thin skin. At any rate this naive belief in the "right kind" of wife as a stepping stone to the happy life hardly does credit to an intellect which has spent many years over the exact sciences...
...allies of the last war retain their unanimity against their old opponent. Germany's rapid come-back will soon make her much less amenable to compulsion. At present in urgent need of foreign capital to finance her industry, Germany must tread carefully to avoid offending her possible sources of credit, especially the United States, but once her prosperity is restored to its pre-war condition it may prove no easy task to enforce the provisions of any treaty made at this time. Laudable as is the achievement of the delegates in bringing a settlement out of the sharp divergences...
...Agassiz's personal charm and earnestness gained her great triumph for the society in overcoming the opposition of the Committee on Education, at the State House, on Feb. 28, 1894. She received the major credit for effecting the incorporation of Radcliffe College, which the Governor authorized by his signature on March 23, 1894. Many honors were awarded to her and all Radcliffe felt its loss when she resigned the presidency...
Stock market absorption of credit was regarded with misgiving. But the keynote, ringingly struck, was that there is no limit to the capacity of the U. S. consumer to consume, and that the years 1922-29 had seen a pleasing increase in the capacity of U. S. production to supply material for consumption. Thus was observed a non-vicious circle in which the manufacturer constantly produced more merchandise, the consumer constantly consumed more merchandise, and out of the horn of plenty came gifts...
...covered the highs in 15 1-5 seconds and the lows: in 24, bettering G. A. Tupper '29's time in the latter event by 1 2-5 seconds. G. W. Kuehn '32 was another double winner, with victories in the high jump and the shot put to his credit...