Word: factly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...This fact and the presence of professional schools under the same academic roof give a certain flavor to the atmosphere of a university not to be found in a college which stands by itself. The methods of instruction necessarily reflect this atmosphere. But the most distinctive feature of a university is to be found in the calibre of its teachers. These men are themselves learners; they are men who are devoting their lives to acquiring knowledge as well as to imparting it. Whether the instruction be by tutorial conference or by lectures, such teachers have throughout their careers a quality...
...matter of fact Harvard is more like a nursery than it is like the Wide World. It is a nursery of talent where every mistake but that of inactivity is condoned. If you throw yourself into the life at Harvard, a small replica of the world, personal and academic errors of judgment will not be too serious because of the arena's small size. But if you wait for a mythical stamp of Harvard to be impressed on you its life will pass you by. This is so because there is no recognizable pattern here, no definite ideal to conform...
What is definite is the fact that in Cambridge are gathered many of the best minds of this country and that Harvard's set-up allows easy access to them. Even the youngest student of independent mind can share the benefits of its freedom of inquiry and unorthodoxy of view once he understands its atmosphere...
Production. The Federal Reserve Board last week released its production index for July: 102, up from 98 for June. This rise (which represented not an increase in production but the fact that most business did not decline as usual in July-for the index is seasonally adjusted) reflected in part unusually early machinery, parts and materials production for the 1940 auto models (on show already...
Main reason for Chrysler's progress profitwise was one fact: its Dodge unit is the industry's No. i earner (average 1929-37 profit $65 a car) and Dodge sales increased 98.4%-from 54,792 to 108,719 cars-nearly twice as much as Chrysler as a whole...