Word: offered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Unconfirmed rumors were abroad that the Berlin Government had offered to recognize a Rhineland Republic within the Reich. The offer, which may have been made, is not likely to be accepted owing to the fervent hostility of the Separatists toward Prussia, which is the dominating State in the Reich...
...Literature, Fine Arts, the Classics. On the other hand such more exact fields of concentration as Mathematics, Biology, and Geology, not to speak of Engineering Sciences, have increased in popularity little if at all. So runs the argument. And if it is not stressed too much it seems to offer a sound explanation for the developments of the past few years...
...know the plot, the libretto, the national school by which the opera is produced, whether it be Italian, French, German, or Russian--these things make all the difference between passive enjoyment or keen active cooperation. So much emphasis is laid nowadays on intelligent appreciation. Mr. Isaacson's talk will offer a wonderful opportunity for all lovers of opera to get much more out of hearing it than would be the case without the previous knowledge and understanding upon which to base each performance...
...John Lavery's much-clawed-over portrait of Lady Lavery (TIME, Aug. 13) has found a resting-place. Lady Cunard, who held that Artist Lavery had been " insulted" when her offer to present the portrait to the Tate Gallery was rejected, has given it to the Guildhall Gallery, London. Lady Cunard is the wife of Sir Bache Edward Cunard (shipping magnate), and the daughter of the late E. F. Burke of New York. Lady Lavery was Miss Hazel Martyn, daughter of Edward Jenner Martyn of Chicago...
...leadership: Co-educational places offer women less chance for leadership. A man is usually " president" and a woman "vice president " of the co-educational organization. But, here again, co-education is not at fault; it is very like the big world, that...