Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...better!" will be the answer of those to whom mere size is the most important factor. This attitude would make sense if there were any reason for believing that the masses of Americans could rise to the high level of education which in other countries is reserved for a fraction of our number. But, as Dean Gauss points out, the average intelligence of the American youth is hardly likely to be higher than that of the Briton or Frenchman...
Since the success of the Devaluation Law is intimately tied up with success in maintaining the franc above the minimum level of 4.3 cents, we all hope that the loan was a success...
...other members of the cast for "On the Level" which will be given on March 25, 26, 27, are as follows: John Benbow, Jr. '37; Martin A. Evers, Jr. '39; Richard W. Galbraith '39; Harry E. Gibby, Jr. '38; David S. Glueek '39; Arthur H. Hansserman '38; Thomas W. Hunter 1L; Hollis M. Seavey '37; Richard Snyder '37; Edward M. Thayer...
Since the picture was intended for mass consumption the comedy is naturally of that level. The constant hammering of a joke does not, however, seem absolutely necessary. The sequences depicting life in a newspaper office are, as usual, somewhat strange. But this is a minor point, for one of the film is done in a serious vein; and the mad antics of city editor Ameche and star reporter Power only add to the zest of the thing...
...buoyantly enough," said Dr. Murchison last week, "but I suspect that in the hearts of each one of us we had a feeling of being already sunk. . . . We saw in perspective a nation committed to a social and economic program which made its costs of manufacture emerge from the level of world costs as the tip of Pikes Peak emerges from the surrounding Rockies. . . . Yet it was a nation engaged in the promotion of trade liberalization. . . . We did not know at this time that, within a few days, we would be informed that the Japanese bookings of American business...