Word: imparted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...never fools himself by magnifying irritating details into devastating evils, nor by dismissing serious difficulties as trifles, like so many of his colleagues. Passion has no place in his thinking. Orthodox and insurgent will listen to him with respect and attention because he always has something of value to impart to both...
...should a youth decide whether he is fitted for teaching? By impersonal self-analysis, buttressed by frank talks with discerning friends and,-specially, with those teachers with whom he feels in real rapport. He must, of course, like the subjects that he wishes to teach; he must wish to impart his knowledge; he must have real sympathy with boys (a fairly safe augury of an eventual understanding of them); he must not be over-impatient of the apparently indifferent, for many of these are but asleep, and in such lies the real challenge to his ingenuity and his power...
Professor Morize gave the reporter the following quotation from a speech of President Hadley's, which the Harvard Professor says shows that others beside foreigners uphold his views. "Nine people out of ten believe that the way to train a boy to think is to impart as much knowledge to him as possible. They do not distinguish between the possession of information and the power or habit of thought; or at any rate they assume that if you can secure the former, the latter follows as a matter of course. In no other field of life do we meet this...
...necessity for rebuilding Japanese cities has tended to impart strength to material prices, and to stave off prospects for lower prices here for another year. In consequence, American builders are now going ahead again, instead of waiting for lower costs. Even the conservative investor is not so inclined to hesitate over present expensive construction, after realizing the prospective Japanese demand for building materials...
...Sarah's Food Boss Is Here to Diet Us" was the way Mr. Hearst's New York Journal announced the arrival in this country of Dr. Julie La Salle Stevens, of Paris, former dietitian of Sarah Bernhardt. She proposes to impart to the American populace some of the dietetic principles which made the divine actress one of the seven wonders of the modern world for her vitality at an advanced age. Bernhardt's diet was simple and salutary - orange juice, stewed fruit, eggs, whole wheat bread, baked potatoes, salads, etc. Many Americans are undeniably foolish eaters...