Word: happening
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...increase in depth and vigour; should a board of censors whatever its motives, be turned loose in this field, who can foretell the result? It has been shown here in our own Workshop that it takes many years to train an audience to be intelligently critical; what would happen if a group of persons, untrained, and fired with a peculiar zeal, were set down before the footlights with the injunction: "Pick out for us what is salacious, and discard it; being careful not to disturb that which is true art and literature, even though it deal with subjects that...
...other hand, to junk our officers to pay for the navy we are allowed to retain. While the Chinese do not pretend that they are contemplating their changes through any love for the World Peace dream, the plan has at least the merit of fairness. A destroyer that may happen to escape the general demolition will hardly be capable of rejoicing in its immunity, nor will those that are junked feel as if they had been discriminated against...
...certain in advance what courses he expects to take, there is a large amount of pencil-chewing and page-turning to be done; in any case there is an adviser to be consulted--and advisers have an inconsiderate habit of not always being on hand when the advisee may happen to call. Choosing courses for the rest of the year between eleven-fifty and twelve o'clock on Monday morning is a case of marrying in haste and repenting at leisure. And for the man who decries paternalism, the authorities may well say that as long as students are unable...
There is, of course, the argument that the farmers would over-emphasize the importance of the domestic market, with the result that we would become an economically isolated nation, with a high tariff and no interest in foreign trade. But the opposite is just as likely to happen, provided that the farmers come to feel that their most valuable market lies in foreign countries. This attitude is apparently the most desirable, leading as it would toward closer association with other countries of the world. At all events, it will do no harm if the national politician is forced to take...
...situation in France is critical--but just what will happen few dare to prophesy. There are several good reasons for believing that the present cabinet will not weather the storm, as those acquainted with French politics point out. But there is still another reason for this belief outside of parties and politicians, if the "New York Times" is correct in saying that "Poincare does not love conferences. Before he accepted office and ever since he has been repeating the statement, and so it is probable that if any agreement (with regard to the problem of Angora) is ever come...