Word: interprets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reading period should offer to students as well as to instructors and tutors a useful change of emphasis in their relations. Instead of being urged and harried into thinking by endless supervision, the student is offered the possibility of a period in which he may, indeed he must, interpret some problems for himself with only the aid that an introduction by lectures and tutors has afforded...
Statistics v. Strikes. The A. F. of L. has definitely adopted a new way of arguing for higher wages. It will "rely on facts rather than force." The strike will be held in abeyance as a weapon of last resort. Labor will compile, interpret and argue with figures first...
...WHEREAS the application of these principles to certain cases calls on a minister to interpret what is irremediable willful desertion and what is injustice to an innocent person who has been divorced for Scriptural reasons-interpretations not always easy to make, having regard both to his duty to maintain Christ's ideal of marriage and to show Christian sympathy with those who have been the victim of tragic wrong...
...blades, besides a handsome portrait of King C. Gillette, the words "NO STROPPING NO HONING." Timid users of Gillette blades, especially women, think these words are a command, forbidding the shaver ever to have a Gillette blade salvaged once it wears out. Other people ignore the legend or interpret it as gentle self-ingratiation by the Gillette Co., meaning, "Whoso uses a Gillette razor, he strops not, neither does he hone...
...courage of the aviator, runs through a series of minor themes which describe in detail how the Spirit of St. Louis was made ready for flight. Percussion instruments hum, rumble, roar to denote the spinning of the propeller. Brasses indicate the farewell hammering in mechanics. Gentler instruments soothingly interpret the pouring of oil. Then the plane soars to the screech of a fire engine siren. Storm, sleet ... a lyrical movement as the hero sights the mainland of Europe. Finally, triumphant orchestration. Herein ring fragments of "Dixie," "The Star-Spangled Banner," "Marseillaise," "Yankee Doodle...