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Word: fitfully (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...attempt to justify our existence? It appears that without the driving impulse of certain ideals and aims our lives would be drab and worthless. Individuals will fight to the bitter end for the ideals they cherish and nations will continue to do so by any means they see fit, by war if necessary. If Nazi Germany finds her ideals threatened by unsympathetic neighbors she will not hesitate to defend them and her great Further will see that she does...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS | 4/27/1934 | See Source »

...H.A.A. had no announcer for the meet. Every solution, from Joe Humphries to Cliff Jackson, was offered but none seemed to fit. Finally in desperation, Carroll Getchell solved the matter in a trice. Mrs. McCallum in the Employment Office was called and instructed to send over three or four students with harsh powerful voices. Latest advices do not indicate whether or not she had found qualified applicants but when they finally do appear, the Stadium will be treated to a hog-calling contest. Led by Mr. Getchell, the trio will troup down to Soldiers Field and howl till the colonnades...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 4/27/1934 | See Source »

Unlike most universities Harvard has not seen fit to tighten up on the requirements for graduate degrees. This is especially true of the master's degree. It can be obtained in most of the departments by passing four courses with a grade of B or higher, and three of these may be the regular undergraduate courses. A ruling of the government department, however, to go into effect next fall, requires that for the degree of A.M. in political science, the candidate must, besides the requirements stated above, pass a general examination and present a thesis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MASTER'S DEGREE | 4/23/1934 | See Source »

...material, and the industry certainly cannot support itself without government aid. Of course the ideal thing to do is to consolidate the military, naval, and commercial branches all under one head, and thus get things done efficiently. The President, I believe, could do this any time he saw fit, and I shouldn't be at all surprised to see it happen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Billy Mitchell Hits Air Force as Inadequate and Sees Return of Air-Mail to Private Companies | 4/18/1934 | See Source »

Your short, concise and sharp descriptions always seem to fit the individual, but in this particular case neither I nor any of the friends that I have shown this picture to can find any resemblance to a "fat-cheeked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 16, 1934 | 4/16/1934 | See Source »

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