Word: herein
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...novel receiving the award is cast in the same mold of undistinguishable mediocrity, harmless, until it is puffed up as a great American work of art. Herein lies the evil: the Pulitzer Committee by putting its stamp of approval on such flimsy material, sets a standard of mediocrity which is believed and accepted in the nation as the best. Their prizes throw an effective smoke screen over the strong efforts in American writing, permitting persevering incompetents and academic rhymesters to practice their lack of art in the spotlight of public approval. It is true that they stir up public interest...
...other members of the class: to fill all vacancies in the offices of Secretary and Treasurer and in their own elective positions; to remove any class officers or any of their own members; to conduct all elections to fill vacancies in their own number and determine within the limits herein prescribed the procedure for conducting such elections; to fix rules for the conduct of their own meetings and determine the number necessary for a quorum thereat; in all other matters concerning the class and its affairs not specifically mentioned herein, to determine what action shall be taken...
...University to pay no attention to its labor relations, so long as they are no worse than those outside, means that Harvard accepts the present state of industrial relations without question. Herein the University is discovered to be hiding from its right hand what its left hand is doing. Over and over in History, Government, and Economics is taught the importance of the labor problem and the unsatisfactoriness of the present armed truce between labor and capital in this country. It is good that professors debate what wages ought to be paid and how labor ought to be handled...
...display emotion. "As far as I can form a judgment," said he, "these four types of behavior include most, if not all, of the activities of the human race. ... I do not believe we can put our finger on any one of our mental powers and say, 'Herein are we a race apart, elevated above the rest of the animal world...
...question is: Shall gas be eliminated as a practical and humane plan for maintaining law and order, and firearms be used where force is necessary; or shall gas be considered the humane plan, based upon the facts presented herein, and tears be the aftermath in place of wounded and killed...