Word: fails
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...article on double-header movies, p. 28 of TIME, Oct. 18, you fail to mention one all-important detail of Fanchon & Marco's St. Louis poll. Were the audiences polled attending doubleheaders? If so, the fact that there was a 7-to-3 preference for double-features is of little significance-beyond indicating how much the 3-group will take to see the movie it wants...
...Russia. Just arrived in London from Rome, where he had conferred at length with Premier Mussolini, was the German Ambassador Joachim von Ribbentrop, chief confidant of the Führer on foreign affairs. He surprised the Nonintervention Committee by declaring that Germany demanded it act in unanimity-that is, fail to act if Russia continued to balk- and Italian Ambassador Grandi backed up Herr von Ribbentrop. This week the committee was to meet further, but Germany and Italy appeared to prefer that it remain deadlocked, so long as this can be blamed on Russia, while the Spanish Rightists launch against...
...prizes. These are the bulk of the people interested, and yet, unless they win, they receive no official recognition for their trouble, and the chances of their continuance in the field, time after time, are slim. To these men who fight the good fight but fail to bring home the spoils some tribute should be paid in the form of certificates or announcements proclaiming that they had participated. These certificates could be limited to those who pass creditably, but they would be a definite incentive beyond the one of pure scholarship and enjoyment in intellectual endeavor...
...Only commercial pilots with instructor rating may give lessons for hire. Pilots who fail in flight tests must accumulate 15 additional hours flying time before presenting themselves for reexamination. No private pilot may ply for hire. Stunting near airways, airports or built-up areas is forbidden...
...take a general impression of every Freshman's work from the results of his first Hour Exams, an impression, be it good, bad, or indifferent, that is harder to change as the year wears on. But what those who watch others go into Hour exams for the first time fail to tell them is, that it is not hard to pass the tests, given a reasonable amount of brains and ability, and in general the College is willing to stack the cards in the student's favor...