Word: idealizations
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...state of affairs as described by Brailsford is a decided contrast to the claims of the government, that the pound has the same value in goods as it had in 1929. Whether or not he is correct in his estimate of conditions, retrenchment is not the ideal remedy for an economic depression that has lasted so long. Sane economy requires a policy of controlled inflation to keep the buying power of money constant. An example of this may be seen in the agricultural actions of this country where grain prices have taken a disastrous drop while mortgages have remained...
...photographer. And should be. The old World once issued handy cameras to all its newshawks (who soon lost them). So did the Journal. The practice is now coming back on the Gannett chain papers (notably in Albany and Elmira, N. Y.). whose editors are still searching for an "ideal foolproof camera...
...frequently haphazard or outdated school courses, and there have also been more than a few cases of kind schoolmasters padding a student's grade. The Old Plan examination method of the oldest and best-known American universities depends too much on the chance that the pupil will have the ideal combination of "knowledge, health, and temperament, cleverness, and good luck" at one time...
...chief objection to the method suggested by the report is the fact that it is untried whereas the New Plan is already in effect. The suggested plan is experimental and ideal, which would make the majority of colleges who dislike to be "the first by whom the new is tried" hesitant to adopt it. To remedy the shortcomings of current admission systems the report seeks to admit only the student who is genuine college material, by presenting an accurate standard for estimating his fitness. Yet the New Plan has been tried, found practicable, and adopted. By means...
...casts, Fay Bainter, Edith Barrett, George Gaul, and George Baxter keep the audience in an almost constant state of sympathetic suspense throughout the whole play. The characters are four temperamental artists plus a philosophical and Machiavellian old butler. We have always thought the lives of such people were an ideal subject for the playwright. To the conventional member of this work-a-day world, their careers and feelings possess a peculiar fascination. An atmosphere of fairy story illusion pervades all action and this atmosphere provides a desired relief both from the crudities of reality and the harshness of "realistic" plays...