Word: expectancy
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...charge that the Supreme Court has been controlled by any political party is an atrocious one. Does it disclose the Democratic candidate's conception of the functions of the Supreme Court? Does he expect the Supreme Court to be subservient to him and his party? Does that statement express his intention to attempt to reduce that tribunal to an instrument of party policy...
Once in a Lifetime (Universal). When Universal bought their play from Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, the authors had every reason to expect that it would be changed considerably in being adapted for the cinema, which they had roundly flayed. Instead, Universal was clever enough to throw a few pebbles at its own glass house. Like the play, the picture chuckles at Hollywood for its illiteracy and vanity. Only the fact that Once in a Lifetime was made there withdraws some of the sting from its satire and makes it more farce than castigation...
Considerably more snap and pep was evinced by the Varsity players yesterday as they went through an extensive drill on blocking and ran through the plays which they expect to use against Army. After the usual fundamentals, Coach Casey gave his men a long drill on their own forward passes and against the Army's. Later the Seconds put on a series of West Point plays for the benefit of the Varsity squad...
Coach Sasse, in his last trip to Harvard as the Cadets' coach, will undoubtedly put plenty of pressure on the Crimson secondary defense which proved so weak against Brown, and the Crimson players expect many passes...
...placing the blame most unfairly. Your editorial repeats the hallowed junk about "academic detachment" and advocates men studying such matters from a high judgment seat far removed from the blood and sweat of actual conflict. That is a good point of departure, but it is insane to expect anyone to get a true picture of any social problem but high tables in the stultifying atmosphere of Harvard self-approval. The average Harvard man is usually a disciple of the mysterious metaphysics of the department of Government, or else he is whooping it up in the train of some attractive...