Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fortnight before that date a burst of sunspot activity began. Nevertheless high-frequency reception over that half of the world lighted by the sun improved instead of faltering. Indeed by Oct. 21-23 it was the best the Bureau had ever observed. Next day-the crucial day-reception fell off sharply by half, and the expected fading occurred. Simultaneously the uppermost main layer of the ionosphere (radio-reflecting region of electrified air) rose from 155 mi. to a record height...
...bill. Under it the student is responsible for four out of five fields of history: ancient (Greek or Roman), medieval, early modern, and modern. Before his divisionals he will probably have taken four courses in his department, among which will be found History 1, valuable as a survey, but nevertheless distinctly a survey. The other three fall where they may, while it is the task of tutor and student working together to fill in the chinks and lacquer the surface so that finally it will present an illusion of widespread enlightenment...
...part of the country." Beyond this, however, I believe that there is an advantage to the respective institutions which adopt this policy and carry it to fulfillment. Some one of the English writers has said that, granting the great desirability of tradition, plant, and distinction in processes of instruction, nevertheless the most vital phase of education is the impact of youthful mind on youthful mind. This is fundamental in my philosophy of higher education, and I believe that sectionalism and provincialism both are as undesirable as they are impossible in the modern world. For that reason I believe that...
...life, aside from his family, was his friendship with Engels. Their only quarrel came when Engels' Irish mistress died. Hurt because Frau Marx had not written to express her sympathy, Engels was offended at Marx's formal note. Never distinguished for tact or graciousness, Marx nevertheless displayed both, wrote a conciliatory message which soothed Engels at once. "Women," wrote the philosopher earnestly, "are funny creatures, even the most intelligent...
...Huxley, whom he accused of ignorance, insincerity and arrogance. Moving to the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York, Henry van Dyke became a leader in a church reform movement, a vital issue which at that time attracted much newspaper attention. Hostile to ministers who took part in politics, he nevertheless advocated sound money, supported the Spanish-American War, urged the application of Christian ideals in political and economic life as an alternative to Socialism, sternly opposed income taxes...