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...lugged him off to the House of Detention near the Mosque of St. Sophia-to lie behind bars until deported. Same day, to make his fate more certain, the Turkish Assembly at Ankara ratified an extradition treaty with the U. S.-a treaty negotiated in 1923, which had lain forgotten for eleven years...
...great weight in considering a young man for promotion, but by itself it should not be sufficient to insure a permanent career at Harvard." There must be no separation of "our faculty into those who teach and those who carry on creative work. Our strength in the past has lain in the fact that the spirit of scholarship has pervaded our teaching and our scholars have seen the importance of perpetuating the ideals of scholarship as well as advancing knowledge in their own specialty." In the past Harvard has enjoyed a central position both geographically and intellectually. We still hold...
...scholars who are extending the frontiers of knowledge in every direction. I hope there will never be a separation of our faculty into those who teach and those who carry on creative work. No line should be drawn between teaching and research. Our strength in the past has lain in the fact that the spirit of scholarship has pervaded our teaching and our scholars have seen the importance of perpetuating the ideals of scholarship as well as advancing knowledge in their own specialty...
Owned by General Navigation Co., Ltd., Vancouver, the biggish steel steamer Mogul has lain for months off the coast of Southern California. Like a great sow whose piglets feed and scamper, the Mogul has provided constant streams of assorted liquor to a fleet of ten speedboats...
...show Of Thee I Sing had been, leaned back in their seats to enjoy its sequel. But when the curtain fell on Let 'em Eat Cake there was an embarrassing dearth of applause. Critics and spectators went out grumbling that the nation's great musicomedy quadrivirate had lain down on their job, had served up a poorly warmed-over dish. If Let 'em Eat Cake was to repeat its predecessor's two-year run, its authors would have to do some fast and effective overhauling...