Word: fay
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...selection of Professor Fay by the Bureau of International Research reflects an honor upon a man who has proved himself to be a brilliant and indefatigable scholar. Indeed there are many who will wonder what origins of the world war Professor Fay could have overlooked in his two widely known volumes on the subject. To the lay mind his work has the stamp of absolute finality...
...further research which Professor Fay will carry on while in Europe promises to be of value not only to future historians but for statesmen of today. The question of war guilt still perplexes the world and is a basic disturbing factor in the relations of the various countries...
...much the particular facts, as the tendencies which led to the late war that will be the subject of Professor Fay's investigation. Economic unrest, the spirit of militarism--these are the intangible explosives which burst into the flame of war when once the spark is applied. It is usually the subconscious attitude of a nation that causes its conscious actions. If it is possible to determine the factors causing that subconscious attitude, then the fundamentals of international relations can be understood...
...getting down to the bed-rock of national consciousness Professor Fay can be of the greatest service to those who are working in the cause of world peace...
...Last week the New York authorities started action against another, similar game, common to all big cities-"coöperative" selling of loose (unbottled) milk. The New York milk racket was notable and illustrative by virtue of its central figure, a lank, loose-knit individual named Larry Fay. First taxicabs, then night clubs were Larry Fay's game, the latter in collaboration with famed Mary Louise ("Texas") Guinan. Loose night clubs are crowded at the same, time of day that loose milk is delivered. When Prohibition closed one after another of his clubs, Larry Fay found it easy...