Word: exactions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rose, ochre and brown stone, with two domed wings and high in the centre a Jesus Tower, visible for miles. In this plant are reading, writing, game and music rooms, an auditorium, swimming pool, gymnasium, cafeteria, trade school, all with the most modern equipment. One room is an exact replica of the one in London in which George Williams, dry goods clerk, helped found the first Y. M. C. A. in 1844. The Juilliard Musical Foundation has given a fine organ, the American Bible Society a copy of the Bible in every language it publishes. Most of the building...
...distribution requirement has resulted in a heavy enrollment year after year. The aim of the course may be considered two-fold: first, to present an exposition of the language of mathematics and the methods of mathematical technique; second, to discipline the student's mind in the art of exact thinking by requiring of it activities of a highly analytic and synthetic nature. Thus an attempt is made to lead a large number of men through a valuable cultural experience which will, at the same time, serve for a few of them as technical training on which to base a more...
Training in exact thought and accurate handling of apparatus is the invaluable feature of Chemistry 4 for any man in the field of Chemistry or Bio-Chemistry. It is not, however, desirable to take it when one is not planning to achieve more than a knowledge of the elements of Chemistry, for there are long laboratory hours and considerable drudgery connected with the course, and it is not required for Medical School entrance or for concentration in the field of Chemistry...
With their show about to open on the other side of Manhattan, the circus people went last week to see their pictures. Unlike Kansans, they like Curry, call his pictures "wonderful" despite a few little technical mistakes. The Codonas like the exact muscular timing of their Passing Leap. Baby Ruth likes the baby blue of her eyes against her light pink dress, the orange-red tent curtains and blue...
Whom asked to compare the drawings of the two artists Durer and Holbein the Younger, Dr. Kuhn said that in his opinion Holbein's portraits were completely objective, very exact, and distinctly unemotional, whereas Durer always attempted to endow his subject with a personal touch, almost an appearance of pent-up emotion...