Word: lies
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...contemporary composers none is more uniformly applauded, or more deservedly so, than the Finn, Sibelius. His first symphony ripens with age and familiarity; it receives full and adequate expression at the hands of Mr. Monteux. It gives the lie to those who assert that Beethoven or Brahms said all that could be said within the limits of sonata form...
...scrupulous. He may have some deeper motive than he has cared to express. Unquestionably, his stock will rise in the public exchange when he has properly "earned" his degree; and it is one of the tricks of his trade to "get" the public by Napoleonic methods. But whatever may lie at the bottom of his action, he is setting a valuable precedent, which others may wisely follow...
Significance. The importance of this symposium is considered to lie in the fact that it marks a line of duty from which individual churches cannot retreat with honor. But the symposium is not a program, it carries no seal of responsibility; it is, however, prophetic of the church, seeking a new creed for a new day, or at least a more valiant and effective application of creeds which...
England today stands at a parting of the ways. After the war she was the most influential nation in Europe, but now France has displaced her, endangering her economic existence. Two roads back to her former supremacy lie open to her; either she may attempt to form an anti-French entente, thus restoring the Balance of power, or she may withdraw as far as possible from the European tangle and entrust herself to her colonies...
...methods at first hand. Since the subject of the debate is far from being a dead letter in international affairs and since the method of appeal which the two teams employ will be so interesting to study, a large number of University students, without doubt, will give the lie to their well-known reputation...