Word: crucially
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...crucial instant the U. S. Government gave the exhibition some needful publicity when New York customs officials refused to accept 19 strange objects as nondutiable sculpture. They based their ruling on a judicial decision which states that sculpture as an art must depict "natural objects in their true proportion." Things were at an impasse since the avowed purpose of all abstract sculpture was to depict nothing at all but to stand on its own merits as pure design. President Conger Goodyear of the Modern Museum promptly protested...
...prestige than the other. Author Wolff does not believe that the War was inevitable. If Germany had not let Austria have her head in dealing with Serbia after Serajevo, if news of Serbia's satisfactory reply to Austria's ultimatum had not been suppressed for three crucial days-in short, if Germany had not taken too long a gambling chance for the sake of bluffing her opponents, peace might have been preserved. Author Wolff absolves plain Europeans of all nationalities (except the Serbs) from a desire for war, says: "The bringers of evil were folly, arrogance, stupidity...
...Princeton team, which defeated Yale 5-1 last Saturday and lost to the Elis in the playoff Wednesday 4-3, are expected to put up a good fight tonight in this crucial League tilt. With the four teams neck-and-neck and the season nearing its close, every game from now on will be significant in the final standings...
Tonight's game should be an indication of the performance that can be expected from the third line of Hovenanian, Dewey, and Hallowell, who though they didn't show up too well against Yale, have been getting in some good licks of practice this week. They meet a crucial test on Saturday...
...plan has been sufficiently applied to demonstrate tangible merit. Contemporary holders, many sources agree, have already contributed much to the college. The crucial test, of course, will be years hence when after-college records can be scrutinized with a critical eye. Meanwhile, whole-hearted support is due the program, because it has firm foundations in theory and in fact...