Word: learnedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Faults and dangers le very plainly in the path of any extension of the principle of unlimited cutting. But overbalancing these faults and dangers lies the great principle of educational healthiness--the ideal that students and professors should stand on their own merits and not attempt to learn or teach by compulsion. Every step in the gradual extension of freedom in cutting is a sign of progress...
Aside from their deep political interest in the project, Mr. Day and his co-promoters realized: 1) The convention would bring 400,000 persons and $25,000,000 to their city; 2) Delegates from other states would " see New York and meet her people and learn that our city is generous and wholesome, warm-hearted and beautiful, and not the soulless monstrosity it has been painted by those who know...
Playgoers who were aghast at the announcement that Lionel Atwill and David Belasco had split, will be relieved to learn that the former has not ceased doing things "worth while." He is rehearsing a drama entitled The Heart of Cellini. The action is largely set in the senescence of the historical goldsmith, philanderer, swordsman...
...death by exile is now entirely prepared for the privilege of the franchise. With such a past one does not associate the fundamental sense of ethics which use of the ballot requires. These children of Islam have a bad heritage upon which to fall back. They must now learn to submit to the will of the majority, and to tolerate the opinions of minorities of a different religion...
...Judging from reports from Japan," he said, "the work of reconstruction is going on very rapidly and smoothly. But the loss is enormous, greater than was expected and, of course, greater than anything we have ever known before. From this experience we shall learn how to build houses which will to a certain extent, resist earthquakes in the future, and so we shall be able to reconstruct an ideal city. Permanent building materials are scarce though temporary wooden barracks are now being built by the Government and by the affected municipalities. Permanent building should be finished in about two years...