Word: faces
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...then the educational institution could ask three justices of Superior Court for a ruling. Should this advisory ruling declare that the new faculty man was "known by widespread repute" to hold the political faiths which guide Russia and Italy, and should the University desire to continue his employment in face of such ruling, then, under the provisions of the bill, "all exemptions from payments of taxes . . . shall cense and . . . officers shall proceed to collect taxes on real estate, heretofore tax exempt...
...concept of space is a major one. Suppose that a solution is found; in what way are we better off? Dr. Einstein is not sure. "In our endeavor to understand reality we are somewhat like a man trying to understand the mechanism of a closed watch. He sees the face and the moving hands, even hears its ticking, but he has no way of opening the case. If he is ingenious he may form some picture of a mechanism which could be responsible for all the things he observes, but he may never be quite sure his picture...
...teams are to be made up from the winning six, one to face Yale at New Haven in a debate on the same subject as tonight's tryout and the other to meet Princeton here...
...changing of face becomes a daily routine. . . . Only in the quiet of the family circle and among close friends, and even then with an occasional nervous glance over his shoulder (a movement so typical that it has been cynically dubbed 'the German glance,' 'der deutsche Blick'), only here does the harassed university teacher drop the mask-if he is able...
...World War the plant was booming on truck contracts for the Army. The company was bought by Studebaker in 1928, in 1929 had net earnings of $2,566,112. Left a grass widow when Studebaker went into receivership, Fierce-Arrow lost $3,000,000 in 1932 in the face of Depression and better cheap cars. In 1933 a group of Buffalo businessmen paid $1,000,000 for the Pierce plant, tried a $2,300 car (previously Pierces cost as much as $6,400), then trailers. Last summer, when the reorganization scheme was cooked up, the company was at a standstill...