Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that present and future accomplishments in art depend on the degree to which the layman can develop an intelligent, imaginative and critical attitude toward, the work of contemporary painters, sculptors, architects and designers, it would seem desirable that we cease oncourag- ing art to live on its reputation, and insist that' it earn one in our time and with our help. I do not believe it a less scholarly enterprise to investigate the effects of aluminum on sculptural form, the relation between function and proportion in the automobile, or the color dynamics of the animated cartoon, than to explore...
...thinking, it would not be politically possible to crect the foreign trade controls, the internal industrial and agricultural management, and the price fixing, that would be necessary to prevent our economic system from involving us in the conflict. It is not "war mongering," as Hitler and American isolationists insist, for the President to point out this fact. It is enlightened common sense...
Holyoke street; Mill street, which runs between Lowell House and Gore Hall; and South street, which intersects Dunster street north of Kirkland House, must be kept clear for fire trucks, University officials insist...
...council, which undoubtedly had a hand in Mr. Green's selections, did not at first stack its peace committee so obviously against peace. Originally chosen to serve with Messrs. Woll and Bates was Teamster Dan Tobin, one of the few Federation councilmen and vice presidents who would not insist on dismembering C. I. 0. before making peace with it. As one of Franklin Roosevelt's few supporters on the council, Dan Tobin last year roundly berated his colleagues for shelving a peace message from the President to A. F. of L.'s 58th convention (TIME...
...great number of sick students reflects "an abnormally high incidence of respiratory cases" throughout the country, officials of the Hygiene Department explained yesterday. They insist that Cambridge has no more illness than the rest of the country. The number of cases has not yet reached epidemic proportions, the college medical staff said...