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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...involved, the enemy must come from the sea in some direction; and, as stated above, the Navy cannot afford to wait in our harbors until the enemy arrives, but must go out to meet him, to occupy the ports or places on his probable line of approach, etc. To do this, the Navy must not only have suitable ressels to accompany the fighting vessels to carry fuel, ammunition and supplies, but there must be suitable vessels to transport troops to hold bases or points on the lines of communication...
...pattern, which according to the notion of the polite society is the most desirable and represents the best of manhood. It is difficult to define what is "the best"; but it is easy to see that this is the reason why there are so many lectures, prescribed readings, examinations, etc. The students on the whole are expected to be able to repeat what the professors have told them in the class. The better this performance, the better is he considered as a student. Their achievements are judged more by the accuracy and quantity of their reproduction than their ability...
...scene when Man and his wife were the seekers, the ambitious ones, and the unfortunates, against their single and dramatic appearance (without a word on their part) in this scene, Andreyev has brought his symbolism into play anew; and the chorus of "how costly", "how gorgeous", "honor", mock adoration, etc., satirizes the autocracy of wealth. The maddening monotony of all this is only excelled by the musicians, who labored heroically under riotously fantastic wigs, and who made the air blue with one persistent ditty. The Enemies of Man have their dramatic moment when they appear on the left...
...Deynham so that her son may see by contrast the short-comings of his bride-to-be. From the opening scene of general consternation in which the rector's wife remarks that "In times like these, a visit is often most helpful"-the times in question being births, deaths, etc.-to the close of the last act, the play moves smoothly, logically and above all humorously...
...expenditure among the 37 departments of the University and among restricted and unrestricted funds. These 37 departments include Harvard College, the other regular departments of instruction, the Summer School, the various museums, the observatories, the chapel, the Library, the Harvard Union, Phillips Brooks House, the dormitories, the infirmary, etc...