Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...very difficult at present to make anything like a fair appraisal of Sargent's position in art. The vogue that was his a decade or two ago has been succeeded by a tendency to belittle him. Only critics in the future, unaffected either by contemporary popularity or by natural hostility to the dicta of the preceeding generation can be just in their estimate. In any event, Sargent must be granted a place of some importance in American art, and the Museum acknowledged fortunate in possessing such examples of his work. The drab mural specimens in Widener require an antidote before...
...present", said Professor Black yesterday, "each country collects its own statistics according to its own ideas, which makes it very difficult for a student of foreign problems to put them together and reach any true conclusions. Our job is to make them readily available...
With the vast and ponderous machinery of Widener library it seems extremely unfortunate that it is so frequently impossible to obtain books either because they are "lost" or "overdue". It is admittedly difficult to attain perfection in such a large organization, but this can not excuse the high percentage of unsuccessful attempts to procure books...
...what professional field the college man may enter, the subjects studied outside of this field present a background upon which his specialized knowledge will have to work. Moreover, work not in a specified field offers a chance for contacts outside the particular professional pale which are daily becoming more difficult for the super-specializing American. In the final analysis, college really represents an a vocational rather than a vocational institution, and any attempt to change this intention would only lead to the harming of the many for the good of the very...
There is quite a little to be said for such a location for the Bank, and no doubt the bankers assembled at Baden took care to say just that. But the reasons for locating the Bank in Switzerland are clear, and it is difficult to see how the balance could be overweighted except in favor of some other country which holds the same neutral position as Switzerland, and at the same time boasts an age-old reputation as a European banking center...