Word: obviously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hollywood knows how to pronounce is "fil-lum," may not forget their gibing and journey toward the west. Broadway producers, however, shrugged shoulders at the talkie threat. Said Arthur Hammerstein: "The public . . . is skeptical. . . ." Said Florenz Ziegfeld: "Beauty in the flesh will continue to rule the world." It is obvious that, even if speaking cinemas lose their present lisp and rasp, the illusion produced by an articulate photograph of John Barrymore as Hamlet can never be as satisfying as the illusion produced by Actor Barrymore himself. What is at present the talkies' outstanding attraction?the fact that a picture...
...same liesurely journalistic style which allows reviews of symphony concerts to run three columns ought at least to permit more than mere tabloid comment on matters of such obvious educational importance as the permanence of collegiate training. Departures from policy of this nature are all the more insidious since they fail to carry the warning found in less selective journals which usually run this sort of material under some such head as "thirty seconds a day with serious thinkers...
...small plane, already heavily laden, I could take off but one man, and my orders were to save the one who most needed aid. Nobile was injured and so was one of his men. The latter was too heavy for the plane, but even when that was obvious, Nobile at first refused to leave his men. At last he was persuaded, and we took him off. That is briefly the story. You must decide for yourselves whether or not the General is to be blamed...
...quite possible that it is necessary to be absent from a class immediately preceding an examination, so that if there is to be any change of time, the obvious result is that the test is missed and the student is left to the mercies of the instructor. Frequently the instructor himself makes a mistake in the announcement, which, if provisions were properly made whereby all examinations were posted in the CRIMSON, would not have the disastrous effects it now has. If it is necessary to give hour examinations, it might be well to make some arrangement so that...
...various branches of employment available would do much to remedy such lack of knowledge and at least give the advisee a clear conception of what will be expected of him. The possibilities of co-operation with the work of the Alumni Appointments Office in such work are obvious and would add greatly to the value of the results of the latter body...