Word: idea
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...leave beatitudes and state his case, which he did with much clarity and despatch. The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, he said, knows there are ten million U. S. fishermen. Its New Jersey reports suggest that each fisherman catches only 4.5 fish per annum. Mr. Hoover proposed an idea...
...touring opera company came to town when he was 12. "'Suppose everybody always sang every-where,' I mused, 'in the streets, in the baths, at the workshops.' The idea charmed me and naturally began to convert everyday life into opera, singing the answers to questions asked me and greeting my friends in song...
...whom lonely Lawyer Harris called to him were Sylvester Schiele, coal; Gustavus Loehr, mining; Harry Ruggles, printing. They sat long and late comparing notes, exchanging experiences. Then they invited 15 or 20 men, each from a different profession to minimize "shop talk," broaden the conversation and recruit "a further idea or a dynamic force...
That is the keynote, hub, axle, dynamo, driving force, central idea of Rotary?SERVICE?and Rotarians have sent emissaries all over the world to pass the word along and plant more Rotary Clubs, each composed of 50 to 200 representatives of separate professions and "lines...
...instance will probably be unwilling to sign the pledge cards which have been sent out because they will not want to eat their breakfasts regularly at the University dining hall. There will also be men who frequently leave Cambridge for week-ends who will not relish the idea of paying for several meals on Saturday and Sunday which they rarely have a chance...