Word: origin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Stressing freedom of discussion, he said. "The origin of the Constitution, for example, the functioning of the three branches of the federal government, the forces of modern capitalism, must be dissected as fearlessly as rocks. If we are afraid, there will be no adequate discussion of the genesis of our national life; the door will be shut to the development of a culture which will satisfy our needs...
...this could come together only to commemorate, an act of faith. This assembly honors a vision three centuries old and in so doing reaffirms an intent of perpetuating an ideal. A hundred years ago President Quincy, writing of the founding of Harvard, used these words: "On recurring to the origin of this seminary, our first feelings impel us to wonder and admire." From such admiration grow the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary; with no less reverential feeling the sons of Harvard have once again met here to mark the turn of another century...
...Independence, Convergence and Borrowing in Institutions, Thought, and Art" was the title of the third non-scientific symposium here the discussion passed to the larger grounds of the origin and diffusion of cultures, approached from the viewpoints of many great branches of learning...
Satisfied that the fire-resisting material had shown them how to confine ship blazes to their place of origin, the experts disembarked from the gutted old Nantasket, refused to disclose which materials had made good, but announced that they would present their conclusions to the Senate as a basis for legislation to make all U. S. passenger ships completely fireproof...
...clearly asserted his intention of throwing a network of banks across the U. S. when he named his bank holding company Transamerica Corp. That year the No. 1 U. S. branch banker was well on his way toward his goal, with 2,000,000 loyal depositors, mostly of Italian origin, in a formidable lineup of banks in California, New York and Italy. Already he had begun nosing into Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and New Orleans, dabbling in the security trading business through Bancitaly Corp...