Word: exist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dinner . . . I let the rest of the company proceed and remained behind alone in an alley. Here an indefinite number of dead frames of little flies had been pointed out to us, belonging to the species of ephemaries whose generations succeed one another day by day. These insects only exist for ten hours...
...each of the other divisions of the elective pamphlet, courses already exist which serve as satisfactory introductions for men who can afford only one year of study in that field. History 1 and Philosophy A both fit this need. English 28, for the student who wants only one course in literature, is planned ideally, and the fact that it is to be open in the future for Sophomores as well as Freshmen will more than double its usefulness. In all three of these courses there is a common advantage: the different phases of the subject are each treated...
...step; thirdly, that the World Court has successfully functioned on four occasions; and finally, that the Court because of its unchanging personnel can develop a strong international tradition of court decisions. The Conservatives argued that this Court is merely the Hague Tribunal over again; that two conflicting courts would exist; that the Court has no compulsory jurisdiction over the United States; and that such an act by this country would constitute merely an entrance to the League of Nations by the back door...
...successful effort as a writer. She sold a story. From then on in the field of journalism and of fiction she has been progressing steadily. For most of the year the Norrises live on a ranch in California. What an amazing pair they must be to be able to exist in the same house! One writer in a family is difficult enough, I hear; but not so with the Norrises. They not only work well in the same house, but they help each other. Apparently their methods of procedure are quite different. Mr. Norris is hard-pressed during the period...
...private school, says John Dewey, may exist for such special training as it pleases, but the public school must serve the purpose of the community as a whole. Hence it must teach " those subjects which are found to be, first, necessary, and, secondly, highly useful in serving this purpose of developing good citizenship, industrial and political, for leisure as well as for work, good members of the family and the neighborhood as well as of the political state and the workshop and farm...