Word: interest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mere passing fad, accelerated by the Metropolitan Museum's acceptance of a few pictures and by a college professor's study of Disney work. But when they say this they are not looking at the facts, for the American public as a whole has long been conscious and long interested in animated movies, and there is no indication of cessation in this interest. It is almost safe to predict that the American public will continue to enjoy this art as long as it is produced and that it will be remembered and stay alive as long as our present cultural...
...hush came over the audience, and two dozen Central Massachusetts mermaids pranced to the water's edge to the tune of a liquid waltz played over the public address system. Twenty-four blue-clad forms dived in as one and glided into compelling formations. The one that excited most interest and speculation was the cartwheel, in which the fair ones split into groups of three. Two would tug at the legs of a third companion in what seemed to be an effort to rend the latter asunder. Then the beauties spelled out a shimmering "H" in the center...
Financial support of the organization is as yet uncertain, but President Conant has expressed interest in it and it is felt that the formation of the Faculty committee may eventually mean direct aid from the University...
...interest of a clearer understanding of the Wagner Labor Act, I wish to correct an error in your account of my radio speech, reported in the Crimson, Thursday last...
This is the statement that I objected to allowing interest groups to be represented in the National Labor Relations Board because it "would swing the balance of power too far in favor of the employer." My objection to the proposed reconstruction of the Board along interest group lines is based upon the character of the functions which the Board performs. The Board is a quasi-judicial agency and is expected to enforce certain definite prohibitions. The conventional interest group composition of labor boards works well, if at all, only when the functions of the Board so organized are mediatory...