Word: durant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There remain in the U. S. only four four-cylinder cars: Ford, Plymouth (Chrysler), Whippet Four, Durant Four...
...Harvard professor, commenting upon Durant's "Story of Philosophy" suggested somewhat patronizingly that Durant had brought philosophy to Main Street but had not succeeded in bringing Main Street to Philosophy. Dewey, in looking on this field has combined both with a great deal of grace. The students of Philosophy A will quite probably support the opinion that to bring Philosophy to Main Street is not entirely to be regretted. And in doing so Dewey has not soiled the purity of intellectual emotion,--merely strained off the soporific wanderings of contemporary philosophy to bring to light certain basic principles common...
...Rich men are becoming more considerate towards the working classes. They do not show the snobbishness towards the poor that was formerly so evident." This was the statement made by Professor Will Durant of Columbia University in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter. Professor Durant became one of the foremost philosophers of modern times with the publication of his "Story of Philosophy...
Professor Durant expressed his views on pre-war-education very decisively...
Foolish the army which fires all its ammunition at the beginning of a battle. Wise the political party which saves up until the eve of election some important announcements, testimonials, recruits. Last week, William Gibbs McAdoo, unreconciled Wilsonian Democrat, commended the prize offered by Motor-maker William Crapo Durant for a plan to enforce Prohibition. Everyone knew, of course, that Mr. McAdoo is as dry as a cactus. The question was: did this minor McAdoodling portend a major McAdoodle, an out-and-out repudiation of the Brown Derby? Perhaps, and perhaps there are other hold-offs, more or less strategically...