Word: levelers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Major Writer? Dickens' stock, which took a severe slump toward the end of the igth Century and has never regained its oldtime high, is not considered to have found its proper level. A "classic," he is no longer widely read, except in abridgments, but his reputation as a No. 1 English writer is not therefore less secure. Dickens "did for the whole English-speaking race what Burns had done for Scotland-he gave it a new conceit of itself." An unliterary author, he wrote for his immediate audience, and much of what he wrote died with his readers. Says...
...Business should strive to secure larger volume and more stable profits instead of attempting to raise the price level. . . . A choice must be made between the retention of a considerable amount of competition . . . or a very large measure of Government control. If we have a recession again such as we had last September and October, there is no doubt that our rulers will ask for even more extensive powers...
University--"Flying Down to Rio." Some fine tunes, excellent sets, and the dancing of Mr. Astaire raise this picture above the level of the usual singing and dancing film extravaganzas. "Easy to Love" Miss Tobin is very good in an amusing comedy...
University--"Flying Down to Rie." Some fine tunes, excellent sets, and the dancing of Mr. Astaire raise this picture above the level of the usual singing and dancing film extravaganzas. "Easy to Love" Miss Tobin is very good in an amusing comedy...
...undergraduate expenses at Harvard were reduced to a level which would put no burden on the average undergraduate, this argument might be tenable. The fact is, however, that expenses are above this level and that any increase in financial aid for some students is at the expense of high costs to all. If the University chooses to apply the available money to those most in need of it, rather than spread it thin in a general reduction of rents and food prices, there is much to be said for this policy. But it should not lose sight of the fact...