Word: elements
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Prosecutor at the earlier purge trials, thus grooming him to be made the next star traitor. The press also announced the execution after star chamber trials last week of the Metropolitan of Gorki and an unspecified "number of other clergymen." Thus, last week the invitation from Litvinoff had every element of drama...
...nine Fellows in general high, but the fairly representative selection from various sections is almost comparable to the worthy theory of countrywide distribution behind the National Scholarships. Establishment of the Advisory Committee, to encourage and assist the Fellows in their study programs, will provide the needful administrative element; planning of discussions with leading journalists will supplement their work nicely. Several points, however, can be put forward which may be of help in connection with the University and selective aspects of the Fellowships...
...characteristic which will make this book popular among the reading public is the sincerity, wisdom, and quiet humor of the author. The people he talks about are described with the greatest reality, yet they frequently remind the reader of various rustic characters in fiction. But aside from the fictional element, the book contains a wealth of information on disorders of the body and their treatment. These are exact but not pedantically scholarly, so that the reader absorbs a great deal of medical information without realizing...
...Whitehead. Recent educational trends have diverted emphasis from teaching for teaching's sake into channels of research; and although this shift has undoubtedly tended to produce more and better scholars, it has at the same time caused a dearth of "legendary" teachers. Granted that research is the basic element in the teacher's equipment, nevertheless it is wise to have one or two men in every department who will be regarded by students as orators, as a kind of teacher who drives home his knowledge by his technique...
...proves. First to be noticed is the relative steadiness of the market, since under the S.E.C. short selling in a declining market is impossible. Formerly, bankruptcy of such a large house would have caused a speculative wave of selling. Second, Mr. Whitney marks a milestone in the rapidly disappearing element of "old guardism," which is seeing the eradication of its laissez-faire doctrine. With the triumph of governmental control comes the end of an era in which historians will include both the prosperity of the twenties and the barrenness of the thirties...