Word: failed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...principal discovery of such men as Allen Raymond of the New York Herald Tribune is the fact that a group of communistic agitators, sponging on the government payroll, are using Uncle Sam's capitalistic cash to whip together a "red" machine. Yet however true these charges may be they fail to consider that the "reds" are striking not for a bloody revolution, but rather for a fair deal from their American administrators. The strikes should focus attention on the misrule of the officials as well as the vices of the workers up in arms...
...Ingalls should fail to hold Columbia, Coach Mitchell will take a chance on either southpaw Dick Walsh or the effective but erratic George Tittmann...
...other change heartily recommended in the field is a special oral exam in the Senior year for men who have failed the Junior departmental. Under present conditions men passing the Junior exam with an honor grade are accepted as honor candidates, and during their last year are allowed to concentrate on one period and to write a thesis. Those not so fortunate are required to pass an examination at the end of Senior year which involves only a mere detailed rehashing of the material they have already covered. It may be said that men who fail the Junior departmental...
...true lover of the screen at its best can fail to be captivated by the charm, simplicity, and haunting loveliness of "Poil de Carotte," current attraction at the Fine Arts. Throughout this intensely arresting film one is aware of an earnest sincerity and gripping reality which afford a pleasing diversion from the superficial grist of the Hollywood mill. Rarely does a picture of this sort, dealing as it does with an acute psychological problem, meet with success from the several standpoints of characterization, sustained interest, and insight into the foibles of human behavior...
...target for preliminary tax argument the witnesses appearing this week have a set of recommendations whacked together by a Ways & Means subcommittee. All their prayers and protests, all their facts and fancies will probably fail to change the following prime provisions of the House bill...