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Word: devotedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Tonio Kroeger" Knopf, New York, is a short novel, perhaps the best one Thomas Mann has ever written, certainly the one which hit most remarkably right into the center of all problems that vexed the younger generation of Germany at the beginning of this century, the generation which was morbidly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thomas Mann--In General and In Particular | 6/15/1927 | See Source »

But what should they choose whose winter has been spent in reading what is more or less old and classic? When January has been devoted to Spinoza or January has been devoted to Spinoza or Jonson what is the fate of July? In other words--should the college man read...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BOOKWORM TURNS | 6/13/1927 | See Source »

In the movies anything can happen. Heroes can be heroic with little or no effort: villains can lead lives unblemished by any redeeming virtues: heroines can get away with murder in fact they often do. In the movies anything can happen so Cecil B. de Mille decided to film the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE DIVINE CECIL | 6/13/1927 | See Source »

"The present arrangement of the academic year in Harvard University does undoubtedly place a great deal of emphasis upon examinations. This has been one of the periodic criticisms brought against our educational system, and if this is a fault it is to be feared that the new scheme will do...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Council Report Points Out Reading Period Difficulties | 6/11/1927 | See Source »

The new department will have two divisions, one the Bureau of Appointments largely as constituted at present, and the other devoted to assisting the orientation of Freshmen in the choice of their upper school, discussing with students in Yale College and the Sheffield Scientific School the election of courses and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE TO ORGANIZE NEW DEPARTMENT | 6/10/1927 | See Source »

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