Word: moments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Knowledge cannot be disseminated in a moment. But we hail Professor Carver as a teacher who is capable of presenting an individual philosophy of life which recognizes the dominant importance of the interests of the group. That such a philosophy is needed in this sick world is obvious...
...Socialist. Famed for his zesty anecdotes, Deputy Buisson is the political darling of Marseilles (as Premier Herriot is of Lyons). He presides over the Chamber loudly, is fond of bellowing: "You over there! Yes, I mean you!! Sit down!!! Your chance to speak, Monsieur, will come in one little moment...
University officials yesterday reiterated the statement that there would be no imminent salary cuts as has been rumored recently. The Corporation had already announced a few weeks ago that there was no necessity for reductions at the present moment...
Mayor Walker did not have to look far to discover his chief foe. Leaning casually against the rail of the Press box was the committee's counsel, grey-haired Samuel Seabury, pontifical, bland, courteous, smiling, maddening. For this moment Inquisitor Seabury had patiently labored for 14 months, relentlessly cutting his way through the city's political jungle, confident that he would come at last to its heart-the Mayor's office in City Hall. At stake were not only His Honor's honor, but His Honor's job and perhaps his liberty as well...
...lunch that the Vagabond fell in with the country doctor. This member of the most noble branch of a noble calling had just finished a call and was about to go off on another, but he spared the moment for a bit of light talk. It seemed that his father had died when he was two, leaving his mother with several worldly children and a few ethereal dividends. There followed for him the public schools with their trials and tribulations, until in his senior year he saw, through the gloom of adolescent disinterestedness, the gleam of his future profession...