Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Morro Castle and like boats, fire apparatus is installed on the bridge.... It is possible to pipe fire-extinguishing gas to the inaccessible cargo and like spaces. It is not permitted by law, at the present time, to pipe any fire-extinguishing gas into passenger quarters.... The only method of fighting the fire in the superstructure and cabin is through the use of portable extinguishers and water at hoses...
...status of France's innumerable government employes and take them out of politics. "In Great Britain," cried Premier Doumergue, "there is real separation of power, and the judiciary has nothing to do with politics. That is the sole method of insuring impartial justice. ... As to civil servants, their salaries and pensions are assured. These workers are a privileged class, and in return for their privilege they must submit to discipline and not spend their time both in and out of office hours on political work...
...method of telling a story backward is not new, either in fiction or on the stage. Merrily We Roll Along rolls along considerably less merrily after the end of the second act when it has become completely apparent that the tragedy which Authors Kaufman and Hart are unveiling with such deliberate irony is the old and familiar one of an artist turned successful hack. Superbly staged by Kenneth MacKenna's brother, Jo Mielziner; superbly acted by the biggest cast seen in a legitimate Broadway production this season, Merrily We Roll Along is an amusing and affecting study of interesting...
...apparent that the present system of competition does not offer the most effective and impartial method of selection. Yet it must be borne in mind that the advantages of three years of study in a foreign land are many. A man develops a cosmopolitan culture, finds his intellectual, literary, and historical background broadening, his range of comprehension enlarging. Oxford itself, with its quiet and scholarly background offers the student everything his intellectual largeness is capable of absorbing...
Professor Mather explained the value of the films as a method of education and stated that the new enterprise attempted to improve the motion picture industry through constructive progress rather than by destructive boycott. Two short features, one in the field of geology, prepared by Professor Mather, and the other dealing with music, were presented on the program...