Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Yesterday at the eleventh hour was the nineteenth anniversary of the end of the war to end wars. From the viewpoint of diplomats and statesmen, it is difficult to celebrate that "ending" with real conviction when the world is at the moment facing at least two real wars, in Spain and in China, coupled with tense situations in the Mediterranean, in eastern Europe, and latest of all, in Brazil. The great masses of the peoples of the world are likewise disturbed, for the clouds of imperialism and aggrandizement seem at times ready to plunge them into another cataclysm...
...problem of defining the field in which initiative is to be exercised is a difficult one. There is at present a rather definite syllabus provided for all the instructors, but many proceed to disregard it. Since each section has its own examinations, there is no effective way for preventing this; could the whole course be given identical exams the problem would be solved. This is not possible for an interesting reason. Teaching "Math A" are a number of the country's leading experts in the field, and they simply cannot agree as to the best methods of presentation; indeed, they...
Human Sensibilities. "I find it rather difficult to understand why human beings are so inordinately sensitive about themselves as animal organisms, as contrasted with their comparative callousness in regard to their conduct, their institutions, and all of their extra-organic manifestations...
...taught the boys the Episcopal service, had them attend his church in a body every Sunday during their training period. Last week for the first time St. James's congregation heard its protégés sing so ably that Choirmaster Alexander McCurdy announced plans for a difficult César Franck mass next Ascension Sunday...
Asked whether college men have any future on the stage, Ed said yes. College men have a certain culture and "savior faire" that is difficult to replace by experience. If the theatre is to survive, Ed thinke, college men and women must take it up as a profession...