Word: occurred
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Explained Ned to newsmen afterward: "I wanted to protect the children. I did not want to let go of the paper. It did not occur to me until two days ago that a sale of the Post would throw about 300 men out of work...
Such theatrical scenes could not occur in any Manhattan station belonging to Daniel Willard's Baltimore & Ohio R. R. because it has no station for them to occur in. And last week the War Department doomed any chance of its having such a station for years and years by disapproving construction of a bridge across the Hudson River which would bring the B. & 0. tracks over from New Jersey to New York...
...valued a college letter more than a Phi Beta Kappa key, that choice is now reversed by a vote of 266 to 98. Furthermore, all but a small minority of the class has visited a night club in New York, a point which ten years ago apparently did not occur to the questionnaire makers...
Data about the stratosphere has long been gathered by instruments borne in rockets and unmanned balloons (small balloons have gone to 100,000 ft.) but the sum total of knowledge is not great. It is known that no clouds or rain occur in the belt. There is a notion that the prevailing wind is easterly, counter to the earth's movement; but Professor Piccard last week snorted: "That's a lot of bosh." Also it was supposed that the stratosphere visitor in daytime would see stars shine in a purple sky. Piccard's sky was deep, dark blue but starless...
...chief arguments raised against these examinations is the frequency with which they occur. An average student, taking four courses, finds himself with a schedule calling for an exam almost every week, to say nothing of written and tutorial work. The Department of History recently passed a ruling limiting courses to a maximum of three hour exams each half year; this, however, allows a maximum possibility of twelve hours, or about one a week. On the other hand, occasional tests are of value if only for the fact that they prevent a student from dropping too far behind in his work...