Word: obviousness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...outburst with which the New York reviewers received my opera In the Pasha's Garden was a symptom of a concerted attack and generally understood as such. The adverse comments leveled at the music were false and contradictory to the most obvious facts, as musical New York was perfectly aware...
...richest portion of the Empire intact (TIME, Dec. 23), Sir Samuel approached not apologetically but with a brisk question as to whether the House knew what other and spontaneous proposals for peace have in fact been made by the Emperor, the Dictator and the League. Ignorance was obvious on all sides. Many M.P.s sat up to listen as though hearing for the first time much which they might have read weeks and months ago in the Press. As if for the first time, the House seemed to learn that last autumn Haile Selassie offered to cede territory to win Peace...
...examined again all I had done, and I felt that with that feeling it was perfectly obvious there could not be in this country backing for these proposals even as terms of negotiation...
...part we were always perfectly content to leave these proposals entirely for decision to the League, but it is perfectly obvious now that the proposals are absolutely and completely dead...
When the Dodds committee has surveyed the field and laid out a curriculum, Harvard will appoint a dean and three professors, probably open the school in September 1937. Founder Littauer charged the University especially to find "a dean of high abilities, energy and courage." An obvious question last week was whether it could overlook Felix Frankfurter, whose young proteges in Washington are the nearest U. S. approach to the British Civil Service. Since Professor Frankfurter and his "Happy Hot Dogs'' are cordially disliked and distrusted by Republicans, businessmen and most Harvardmen, a good guess was that Harvard will...