Word: elementalism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Seven hundred New York City veterans, the Red half of whom were scrupulously shunned by the nonradical element, ferried to New Jersey where the Central Railroad of New Jersey provided free rides to a freight yard seven miles from the Jersey City Terminal...
...agency in the American government has the power and responsibility which rests with the Supreme Court. As Chief Justice Hughes once said, "We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges make it." Brandeis has become identified with the so-called liberal element in the Court, but his philosophy of government is his own. He is a champion of labor and liberal toward industry. He defends the existing division of powers between the states and the federal government because he considers the states ideal laboratories for testing experiments in government...
Although the Syracuse Varsity which comes alone to represent the Orange, has had only one race this Spring, its length and a half victory early in the season, over what was considered a powerful Navy eight, has marked it an element to be reckoned with tomorrow. The fact that Stroke Lombardi in three years has never set the pace for a losing boat is a fair indication of what kind of crews Syracuse has produced in the past, and what it is capable of against Cornell and Harvard...
...book, there passes before the reader a concise, clear view of Sing Sing today. And in the description of his $3,000,000 plant one discovers the secret of Warden Lawes's success. Mechanical details of organization are duly attended to, but predominant throughout is the personal, the human element. In focusing his attention, Lawes turns almost involuntarily from administration to the individual, the unhappy "con," fighting his way back to decent society. Consequently one is not surprised when the third section of the work unrolls to find therein a passionately sincere plea for more intelligent treatment of prisoners...
Jack Oakie is the loyal friend who makes it his life work to help "Speed" snap out of the doldrums after the crash. Oakie is right in his element here and the two best sequences are rough-house scenes between the two pals. The female members of the cast fail to show much initiative, moving mechanically at the director's command. The audience remains well-pleased, however, as the story runs smoothly and maintains its happy-go-lucky atmosphere throughout...