Word: mediums
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...help Harvard give her men a real physical education, provided the facilities for that sport are not too inaccessible nor too expensive, and, provided the student demand is strong enough. In fact, is not that the business of the H. A. A.? Do we not pay them, through the medium of the University, to manage and direct the sports we choose...
Soprano Ljungberg's voice has lovely subtle tones but is not strikingly powerful for a Wagnerian's. It was only a medium-sized voice when on her eighth birthday she sang for the Queen of Sweden, got five crowns because she had "gold in her throat." She spent the five crowns on cakes and milk for her school friends. In Stockholm's singing academy she learned German (she calls it Yarman) and the German operas. She acquired superstitions. The right foot must come out of bed first in the morning, the right stocking go on first. If a costume...
...become so completely changed in the space of half a year is remarkable; that it should be so greatly improved, commendable. Today a museum should be much more than a mere place of permanent exhibition. It should act as a lively stimulation for interest in art, it should be medium of instruction as well as a place for research. Such the Germanic museum has become, and as such it will carry on the spirit of its founder, the late Kuno Francke...
Errett Cord is 37. slim, medium height with brown hair and eyes. Except when he puts on his steel spectacles and looks like a young college professor he is undistinguished. He is a voluble talker with small regard for grammar and no qualm about profanity. He pays small attention to the detail of his business but thinks and talks plans and policies incessantly. He and his whole company believe in using the telephone long & often. The company's bill sometimes runs between $15,000 and $20.000 a month. Mr. Cord's right-hand man is tall, blond Lucius B. Manning...
Life rushes into existence. The child lives much more in a year than do his parents. Dr. Carrel mentioned tests which give precise indications of an individual's biological (not chronological) age. If a spickle of flesh is put in a certain kind of culture medium, the spickle will grow for a time. The time and speed of growth indicate the "residual energy" of that bit of flesh. The younger the individual, the faster and longer the growth. A similar test is how long a wound takes to heal. Young people heal more quickly than old. Dr. Pierre...