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Word: desiree (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Spectacular was the defeat of Socialist leader Leon Blum, though his party made slight gains. All important members of the Poincare Sacred Union Cabinet regained their Chamber seats, including famed mathematician and War minister Paul Painlevé whose re-election seemed doubtful last fortnight (TIME, April 30). Finally a flurry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Triumph of Poincare | 5/7/1928 | See Source »

During the course of the debate, both sides agreed that the Pacific islands should be given ultimate independence. The Filipino Orators, arguing on the affirmative side of the issue at hand, showed the Philippines' urgent desire for independence. They went on to point out that the colony has the capacity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FILIPINO ORATORS WIN FROM HARVARD BY CLOSE VERDICT | 5/7/1928 | See Source »

The practical value of such a trip as the Filipino debating team is taking may thus be seriously questioned. Any good American will cheer wildly for the sacred cause of liberty and vote for giving it to all and sundry who desire it, but an appreciation of the issues involved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY | 5/7/1928 | See Source »

To what extent the scheme of academic contests, initiated by Mrs. Putnam will foster the general enthusiasm for learning in the colleges which adopt it can be determined only through experience. As to the dangers which this plan is liable to involve such as the advent of a time "when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DANGERS OF THE FRAY | 5/5/1928 | See Source »

"This study was initiated through the desire of the department of Mental Diseases to secure comparable anthropological data to be correlated with the elaborate psychiatric and sociological records of country jail prisoners of Massachusetts which the division has been gathering for over three years," Professor Hooton explained to a CRIMSON...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOOTON TAKES UP STUDY OF CRIME UNDER AWARD | 5/4/1928 | See Source »

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