Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Desert Discovery Sirs: This will probably give me the unenviable distinction of being the first Arizonian to refuse Arizona credit for something in favor of California. Nevertheless the sand visible in The Garden of Allah (TIME, Nov. 30, p 39) is not Arizona's but California's. The Selznick camp was in the California sand dunes about 18 mi. west of Yuma, though several of the notables connected with the making of the picture did put up at the San Carlos hotel in Yuma, the nearest town of any size...
This refusal cost him White House favor...
Nevertheless, for a major contribution to the development of American civilization, which President Conant seemed to favor in his Tercentenary speeches, emphasis on American literature in Harvard appears essential. One full and one half course in this field are scarcely enough to teach the present generation the indicative traditions of their forefathers...
...while the hero still lives and chuckles. The first axe to fall on Rambrandt's life is the death of his loved wife, Saskia, followed shortly by the failure of the painting "The Night Watch" to please the vain guardsmen. Rembrandt skids down hill, his style goes out of favor and his house-keeper-mistress (Gertrude Lawrence) becomes a shrew. He finds a few short years of peace and success with the adoring Hendrickje Stoffels, but her death leaves him friendless and penniless. Even in his last year the painter gets fun out of living, but he gives a cynical...
When comparisons are made between active participation by experts and students in gatherings like this, and a mere attendance in the galleries during a lecture on the same subject, the balance is far in favor of the Conference plan. No qualms should be felt about playing give-and-take with men who may be members of the Cabinet, university professors, or financiers fresh from the mines of Wall Street. They are by no means as unapproachable as they sound, and by accepting the invitation to the Conference show their willingness to confer with their younger and less experienced colleagues...