Word: directe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...efficient enforcement of the law. . . . Grave abuses have occurred. An organized searching investigation of fact and causes can alone determine the wise method of correcting them." Congress last week voted $250,000 "for such inquiry into the problem of law enforcement, including national prohibition, as the President may direct...
Professor George La Piana in his criticism of the recent treaty between the Italian government and the Pope, emphasises the fact that this agreement again gives the church control of the destiny of Italy in permitting the ecclesiastical powers to direct the educational system. According to this pact, there will be compulsory religious training in all schools and colleges, in addition to the fact that the appointment and discharge of instructors will be determined by their achievements in the light of the papal standards. In appearance at least, Italy has fallen into the same rut of church domination that still...
...story, which deals with a kosher lamb in Wall Street, is of little moment. It is transcended by a shrewd and faithful character study. The blundering sciolist who looks over mankind's shoulder in the game of life and seeks to direct the play of each card at last has been caught and held by the theatre's three walls. Even the attempt to make him noble has been renounced. He is revealed ridiculous and poignant...
Because Louis Silvers, who has been managing the Hasty Pudding Club productions for the past four or five years, is in Hollywood working with the Vitaphone Company, William Weston and Henry Irving Dale have been secured to direct the annual production of the club, it was announced last evening by Kendrick Kerns '30 and H. T. Holbrook '30 the managers of the production...
...life of the college graduate and at the same time the one most subject to purely fortuitous influences. Any arrangement to help undergraduates prepare for the transition would be welcomed, and in particular such a one as in the present instance, where the individual's interests coincide so directly with those of the prospective employer. To be sure, only a very small fraction of even the leading contestants can expect to benefit in so direct a way, but the experiment is in the right direction and offers one means of solution to a difficult problem...