Word: desiree
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The persons afflicted with the malady are perfectly normal, except "for a desire to write endless rows of ciphers and engage in computations more involved than the most difficult problems in logarithms."
Slave of Desire. The scenario is taken from Balzac's The Magic Skin. About half way through Poet Raphael (hero) meets the Magic Skin and things proceed to happen. The latter is one of those skins you love to touch. All you have to do is touch it and make...
Arguments Pro. The argument of the birth control propagandists is essentially as follows: The present law is unevenly enforced. The well- todo, educated part of the population, especially the professional groups, many of whom oppose any relaxation of the present restrictions, generally have access to such knowledge and are obviously...
The proposal made by the United States for a mixed commission to investigate Germany's financial status disappeared under a cloud when France refused to accept in full its working conditions. Now it has reappeared under a new aspect. After a great juggling of diplomatic pawns and castles, the layout...
That neither of these faults can be attributed to those who sponsor the tutorial system at Harvard has been amply proved by their attitude of intelligent progress and experimentation in the past. And if this their latest experiment of comparison is given a fair trial and due consideration, they may...