Word: modernize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Walter. But ten years ago Kreisler was a celebrated violinist and Paderewski was the Premier of Poland as well as pianist, while Giese king was just a young German whose money had gone in the War and whose profession was music. Swiftly, however, his reputation was made, first with modern music, because in Germany there was a demand for all music that had been made during Wartime, music particularly of France and Spain. Then Gieseking played Bach, Schumann, Schubert, Scarlatti...
Harvard's debating season opens on the evening of Saturday, February 9, when the University of Pittsburgh debaters meet the Harvard team. The debate will be held in Paine Hall, Music Building, at 8.15 o'clock. Harvard will support the affirmative of the proposition: "Modern Advertising is detrimental to the interests of society...
...propositions which the Harvard teams will support in the Spring trip have also been determined by the Council. The most popular is the following subject: "Resolved, That modern woman is a curse." The other two subjects are: "Resolved, That 'loyalty' is the curse of the American college," and "Resolved, That the present jury system should be abolished." These subjects were chosen after much discussion on the part of the Council, which determined the subjects for all the coming debates at a recent meeting
...fair minded persons acknowledge to be at the present time a great evil. Every civilized country is trying by one method or another or control the evil of drink. We are trying a somewhat more drastic experiment than any other. It is really the greatest social experiment of modern times and deserves the most careful and persistent study
...with him; pitched promptly into the political battle, and continued hostilities through and in spite of another of those French railway accidents. Her father-in-law, emerging from a long faint, marveled that she should so tenderly minister to his wounds, the while brutally warring with his son. This modern generation-impossible that they should one moment barely escape death, and the next moment resume their petty quarrel. Had they no nerves, no emotions...