Word: modicums
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Colleges are undoubtedly overcrowded; but so long as certain institutions continue thus to dispense a modicum of culture along with a large amount of professional preparation, the situation should cause more applause than alarm. The entrance of the professional school into undergraduate life is merely another regrettable symptom of the general hurry and impatience of American life...
Last week, however, the suave and efficient Sir Eric* received tidings which foreshadowed a modicum of English recreation amid the Swiss calm of Geneva. From Viscount Cecil of Chelwood came a crisp cheque for ?1000, with the suggestion that ?500 be allotted for tennis courts at the disposal of the League Secretariat, and that the rest be used to extend the Geneva Golf Club's course and to assist impecunious undersecretaries to join the club. Viscount Cecil added that the ?1000 represented part of the $25,000 peace prize awarded to him by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation two years...
...usual, replicas of the cards have been made public, and last week many a plebeian Christmas card shopper gleaned a modicum of satisfaction from reflecting that the taste even of royalty is not always flawless. Numerous observers opined that Princess Mary had displayed a notable lack of critical flair in choosing a 17th Century garden tableau, subtitled in hackneyed fashion, "Gather ye rosebuds while...
Attempts to settle the question as to whether Turkey or Great Britain shall dominate Mosul (TIME, Oct. 5 et ante) were featured last week by a modicum of practical action and the continuance of heated bluffing at Angora and London...
...Frank Chase of the Watch and Ward Society who can keep anyone in Boston from reading almost any book he pleases, but even Mr. Chase does not operate with the facility and dispatch of Mayor Curley. Mr. Chase has to consult the book sellers, and employ, presumably, a modicum of tact and diplomacy. The mayor need not even be polite. And while Mr. Chase's is the empire of books. Mr. Curley's is power unlimited in theatres, lecture platforms, public meetings, street parades, and almost anything else one could mention...