Word: expectance
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...burring, rather pleasant voice: "I entered an apron factory, which I have now owned for 18 years, as an ordinary worker. Why should I tell you how long ago that was? . . . Today my husband has his business, too, but we keep all that separate from one another. I expect my two daughters to join me in my business when their education is complete; and my only son intends to enter his father's business. . . . [Smiling] He is not tied to his mother's apron strings...
...which we-view-with-alarm editorials are written--such is the effect of William Hale Thompson's election as mayor of Chicago on the extra-Chicago portion of the nation. Meanwhile Chicago politicians scratch their heads and reformers settle down to a prosperous season. The city knows what to expect; two terms of Mayor Thompson have convinced it that all is not sweet and clean by the shorts of Lake Michigan. Nevertheless it is willing to have another...
...much to distinguish between American literature and English literature" Francis Brett Young, noted English novelist who spoke at the Harvard Union last night, stated in an interview yesterday afternoon. "Actually, there can be little distinction. We are of the same blood and speak and think alike. To expect that the mere signing of the Declaration of Independence would change the whole spirit of a nation is foolish. The literature of the two nations is one. Sherwood Anderson, for instance, I consider just as much an English novelist as I do myself an American. I have just as many readers...
...endless thing. Only a very distorted view can be had from up close. To view it from a distance, however, is very difficult. In other words, I do not believe in taking contemporary literature criticism too seriously. Were I asked to name five modern novels which I might expect to be remembered fifty years from now, I should reply quite candidly that I could...
...undoubtedly too much to expect American politics to turn back toward the great tradition of English statesmanship set by Peel and Gladstone, which set principle before party, reform before office, or toward the precedent set by the first President of the United States who intentionally gave up the reins of power at the end of his second term. But it is an insult to the electorate to allow mere vote-getting to be so brazen...