Word: details
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...LASKI has steadfastly refused to accept the label of "Marxist," but it is doubtful if anyone, with the permissible exception of John Strachey, has yet written a more brilliant defense of the general Communist position. Though on matters of dialectic and detail, he differs noticeably from the orthodoxies of the Third International, his basic convictions are unmistakably Red. For this reason it is not too likely that "Democracy in Crisis" will replace the King James Version on the sitting-room table of the great American Boor. But those who agree with the conclusions the author has reached will feel...
...picture is something of a monotone because it uses the German institution for the education of Prussian army officers' daughters as the only background for the whole film. With the faithfulness of attention to detail which characterizes German cinema production. "Maedchen in Uniform" is alive with genuine emotion and a well-defined and exacting plot structure. There are many touches of the theatre from the entrance of the orphan Manuela into the school to the closing scene in which Fraulein von Beruburg is chosen spontaneously as the natural leader by the acclaim of the children for the understanding and gentleness...
Aside from the various questions of detail, a major obstacle to the success of the scheme is the cost of licenses; this expense is determined by the local licensing board, any may vary from twenty-five to five hundred dollars. Since each House must obtain a separate license, it is obvious that the cost would be prohibitive if the fee were set at the latter figure. Actually, there is no reason why an amicable settlement in this matter cannot be reached. If the University restricted the consumption of its matter cannot be reached. If the University restricted the consumption...
...crowd loved it, loved the whole Big Show. Newshawks were on hand by the score, noting every detail of Banker Morgan's dress and demeanor. With delight they reported his Anglicisms - how, when he brought down upon himself a lecture on finance from Senator Glass he listened patiently and then remarked : "I am sorry I started such a hare"; how he once referred to an employee as a "confidential clark...
...Lowell and the task which will confront President Conant in the fall. The physical development of Harvard is now an accomplished fact: the House Plan and the tutorial system have reached a stage in their existence where any further treatment is a matter of small refinements and revision of detail. To a large extent, the new President's work will consist of just such minor adjustments; to him has descended the difficult task of rounding off the edges, and of reconciling the conflicts presented by the many innovations which have been implanted in the University in the last fifty years...