Word: depending
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...slum environment, bootlegging, and a certain indigenous American lawlessness have bred in teeming swarms? The first step seems to be to bring the penitentiary system out of its almost medieval sloth, and to coordinate penology with science. Psychology and research have discovered that a prisoner's future record will depend but little on the crime he was incarcerated for, but more importantly on his home environment, his habits, and his character. Thus to herd in one ensemble first offenders, murderers, and speeders results merely in inoculating all with the anti-social virus of the most experienced and hardened lifer...
...even the rose story was not enough to stir large numbers of voters. The outcome of next week's primary seemed to depend largely on organization strength. Mrs. McCormick had proved herself a remarkable statewide vote-getter in 1928 when she rolled up some 1,700,000 votes which elected her congressman-at-large. Now she has the support of potent elements of the regular state organization, including Percy B. McCullough, Chairman of the Republican State Committee, and Barney W. Snow, Chicago G. 0. P. leader...
...these is Variety. Into the laps of laymen Variety seldom finds its way. That is just as well, for to the untutored mind its language is almost unintelligible. Yet for professional mummers and mimes Variety is almost as necessary as mascara. Every week actors, cinemactors, pitchmen, tent show performers depend upon its fat pages for information regarding bookings, gossip, scandal, news. To such folk, for instance, the headline NO JOINT. NO TAKE INDOOR CIRCUS NETS 20 G'S means that an indoor circus which operated without the use of shady concessions made a profit...
Such expression by college students at large might mean several things. The results would depend on the fairness of those conducting the poll. Would they be partial to the issue? What could the results of such a poll accomplish? We frankly confess we don't know...
World education has often been her-aided as the solution of many governmental problems. Certainly healthy international relations depend upon the intelligence and understanding of the citizens of individual nations. As organization such as the Guggenheim Foundation that knows no boundaries of race or creed holds the power to put the educational solution to the test...