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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...legal tender in Britain is paper pound and ten-shilling notes. Reversion to a gold standard would not necessarily mean the abolition of paper currency, but would mean that gold could be bought and sold by private persons, which cannot be done at present...
...mean," he continued, "this absurd fashion of dismissing anybody you don't like with the words, 'Oh, he's a non-nordic.' During the war people became accustomed to the conscription of thought, and to intolerance of free discussion. That intolerance has continued through the years of peace following...
...unhappy frame of mind. They have for years had only to demonstrate the superior quality of their product to sell it. Now they are expected to have a quality product and to sell it cheap. The business, after being a runaway affair, has now become grimly competitive. Big sales mean quantity output, lower costs and a chance for a profit. Small sales mean high unit costs and either no profit or a loss in operation. For small craft, the water is getting rather rough...
...first place, unlike most farces, clever lines are notable because of their absence. Now this is as it should be, since there are enough clever situations in the play to sink any ship in spasms of laughter. Situations, however, require extremely clever acting, which mean that they don't require over-acting. Except in two or three cases over-acting was the fly in the ointment of the St. James Company. Had the various parts been played with a little more subtlety and finesse, had there been less self-conscious attempts at loud-mouthed humor, the play would have been...
...were made, with the hope that the number of students would increase, but this has not happened. The Hall is equipped to serve one thousand or more men; it cannot be maintained without a loss for less than 500 men, and the attendance is only about 300. That would mean a loss in the course of a year of about $25,000. Very regretfully, therefore, the authorities have made up their minds that there is not demand enough for Memorial Hall to justify its continuance, and have reluctantly decided to close it on January...