Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...best art, literature, and music was produced before the nineteenth century. Enough of a cosmopolite to prefer Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart to Tchaikovsky and Rimsky Korsakov, smoke English instead of Russian cigarettes, keep cases of French wine in his cellar instead of scotch or vodka, and obtain American citizenship in 1930, he is nevertheless simple and quiet in taste, abhorring social life and all that it entails. However, the professor continues to sling his provoking social theories into the intellectual boxing ring, and although they get slammed around quite a bit there's no reason why he shouldn't come...
President James Bryant Conant '14 returned to his home here early last evening after nearly two months in England as head of a three-man special mission sent by President Roosevelt to obtain "scientific information of importance to national defense...
...knows full well how difficult it is to obtain the necessaries of life, but for such birds as I have mentioned to be exposed for sale and human consumption is abominable, and I hope that this publicity will cause a stop to be put to this distressing practice. Yours very sincerely, W. PERCIVAL WESTELL, Curator, Letchworth Urban District Council Museum. Broadway, Letchworth, Herts, March 11. London Times...
Under the N.Y.A. program, the University will obtain part-time jobs for 600 students, to be financed by the government-operated National Youth Administration. This will be the first year that Harvard has used the N.Y.A. funds; the Corporation had voted against the plan...
...suffice-our efforts must be wider and more sustained. In the meantime, we recommend to our churches the absolute necessity of renewed effort to secure the absolute commitment of our members to Jesus Christ. In mathematics one-half plus one-half may equal one, but this formula will not obtain in religion. We cannot add two half Christians to make one effective Christian. When our churches have paid this price, then the wind of God will begin to blow again...