Word: notes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Harvard reminded him of what he had read of the ancient lamaseries of Tibet. There was practically no paper to be got for note-taking or exercises, and the teaching was entirely oral and the learning done by heart. The libraries were closely guarded against depredations, and the more important books were only to be inspected in locked glass cases. A page was turned daily. The teachers varied in prestige with the number of their following. They either sat in classrooms and under trees and lectured, or they went for long walks discoursing as they went to a rabble...
...nude. He had long looked upon Mr. Rockefeller as a great man. Last autumn Michael Matsakas painted his portrait from a photograph, a firmly painted, kindly portrait of a hale old man wearing a dark blue tie. For a Christmas present he sent it to Mr. Rockefeller with a note, "I always have been a great admirer of yours and the wonderful things you have done for humanity." A month later, just after New Year's Day, he got it back with a note from Mr. Rockefeller's secretary: "Mr. Rockefeller is deeply appreciative of your kind thought...
...breath of threat when he said: "It is easy to say 'no,' and if that is the program and we want the Government to do our banking, what is to become of our high-priced bank talent? The office boy can say 'no' and the note teller can collect the notes if they are good...
...from the start, Balloonists Trotter & Van Orman had plunged through the bush until they stumbled on power lines of Ontario Hydro-Electric Co. Shrewdly they had chopped down a pole, knowing that soon a lineman would be sent to repair the break. On the stump they left a note saying that they were following the line south. Finding the note the lineman hurried after, found them huddled in a shanty, their clothes shredded and shoes worn through, wretched with ptomaine poisoning from a can of beans. Few hours later the Polish team knew that they would carry the Bennett...
...class family" of German Jews, she was taken abroad at an early age, spent her youth in California and Baltimore. At Radcliffe she studied under Psychologist William James, was one of his star pupils. At the final examination in his course she turned in a blank paper, with a note explaining that she did not feel like writing an exam that day. Next day came a postcard from James saying: "I understand perfectly how you feel. I often feel like that myself"; and giving her the highest mark in the class. At Johns Hopkins Medical School she also...