Word: obviousness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This intricate hierarchy, topped by a supreme council, the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports, is dead or dying in most of its branches. Many might be lopped off, and the trunk--the student body--would never realize its loss. It is obvious that revitalization is imperative...
...Deal objectives would be aided by new justices is by no means sure. Senator Wheeler pointed out that, in the event of the six new men being conservatives, and amendment would be impossible, as the people would balk at a second revision scheme. The amendment process is the obvious way to attempt reform, and should not be endangered in this way. In addition, amendments are capable of swift passage if the people desire a change, President Roosevelt's manufactured crisis notwithstanding...
Signs are already appearing that the anarchy of American higher education is about to be curbed. The obvious fact, pointed out by Dean Gauss, that some of the most promising young intellects are kept out of college because of financial means, is being grappled with by Harvard's bold and promising venture, the Conant Scholarships. President Hutchins of Chicago makes his contribution in the proposed "shock-absorber" institution of the four-year senior high school-junior college combination, after which those really fitted for higher education would be permitted to acquire it. Starting with the small colleges of the East...
Melodrama takes a new turn in Victor McLaglen's latest picture, "Nancy Steele Is Missing", at the Metropolitan this week. For a change a kidnapper is the here and succeeds despite the obvious difficulty of the role to win the audience's sympathy...
...mystic thing about "The Mystic Mountain" is how it manages to overcome its obvious deficiencies and turn into a very passable effort at cinematic art. The effect of the really fine photography tends to be destroyed by overemphasis. Much of the acting is of the strong, silent variety, although not obvious mugging. There is a thunderstorm scene where the lightning blinds you and the sound effects resemble those of a Coney Island Tunnel of Horrors, Yet the final impression is a good...