Word: objections
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Brew 4G, will continue the excavations begun in 1931 on Alkali Ridge, in the San Juan drainage of Southeastern Utah. Alkali Ridge is covered with hundreds of ruins, dating from the pit house of Basket-maker times to the many-roomed stone structures of Puoblo III. The object of the expedition is to define the Pueblo II culture, which has never been determined. Thirteen sites were excavated last year with gratifying results...
...chief object of criticism, however, is the undergraduate himself. The leading editorial heaps scorn upon the "indifferent," the "deb-chasers," and the "grade-grubbers," while special articles expose the short-comings of the "final" club men and the Phi Beta Kappa. The case of the "final" club men seems even more hopeless. The critic of final club mentality is uncertain whether their low scholastic standing, for which statistical proof is offered, is the consequence of congenital mental inferiority or absorption in social activities or general "indifference." In other articles a tribute is paid to the commercial tutors for their services...
...Infirmary was Marie Zakrzewska who shortly went to Boston where in 1859 she founded the New England Hospital for Women & Children. Quakers supported both. One of Dr. Blackwell's vigorous helpers was her sister-in-law, Lucy Stone, for whom was named the Lucy Stone League whose members object to using their husbands' names...
Polish Tenor Jan Kiepura, who sang with the Chicago Civic Opera two years ago, has immense assurance and an infectious smile which are acceptable substitutes for acting ability. His voice, which loses none of its quality in recording, is so pleasant that you do not object to almost incessant renditions of the picture's otherwise unremarkable waltz theme song. Be Mine Tonight was first made in German by UFA. Gaumont-British sent a supporting cast to Berlin to remake it in English. Universal liked the British version-directed by Russian Director Anatole Litwak-enough...
...costs by coordinating its members, a plan now being studied for U. S. railroads, is also before British industry, where it is called "rationalizing." Last week the British Imports Duties Advisory Committee was seriously considering a plan for the formation of "Iron & Steel Corporation of Great Britain." The direct object of the plan is to concentrate progressively all production in the more efficient plants and eliminate "redundant and inefficient works...