Word: local
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...there is the constant danger that they, too, are not alive to the facts as they really stand. So the research student, if he expects to carry on his work successfully, must himself have formed imaginative ideas of what he is going to find drawn from the study of local conditions. He must have questions ready, in order to draw forth the facts which really exist. As an example, in the whole municipal government of England theory and fact are widely separated. We generally believe and the English public believes also that city government in England is efficient because...
...Worcester passed the bill which allows for the construction of a drawless bridge with a twelve foot clearance over the Charles River at Boylston street, yesterday afternoon. The Senate passed this bill February 9, and it will become law when signed by the President. It will then remain for local authorities to conduct the arrangements for the construction of the bridge...
...believe the most practical means to attain this end might be taken by the various local Harvard clubs all over the country. Each of these organizations might well have a press committee to take congnizance of the Harvard news printed in the local papers. Should an untrue story appear, these committees could at once bring the matter to the notice of the editor in charge. If vigorous action of this sort were employed, it seems reasonable to suppose that before very long, editors and correspondents would hesitate to print untrue, but nevertheless insidious, news items concerning Harvard...
Three or four years ago Dr. Cabot had occasion to spend the night with a doctor in a small town in Vermont. He was informed that this man had nearly lost his practice because the efficient work of the state and local boards of health had prevented much sickness. The public side of the doctor's interest is driving out his private interest...
...election on January 10 closes Wednesday at 10 o'clock. All men who wish to vote and are entitled to do so must have their names put on the voters' list by that time. They may register either at the Old Court House during the day or in the local ward rooms in the evening between 6 and 10 o'clock...