Word: paring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...definite purpose than they do colleges; hence undergraduates need more than a minimum of checking up. Yet in numerous upperclass courses, professors are greatly hampered by the restrictions of existing requirements, while students are all too often held down by the frequency of monthly hours. The next step should pare down still farther the number of unnecessary tests in some undergraduate courses...
...believe your people really want a tariff on products and it is difficult to carry on the battle if one is not sure of one's allies." A Bill. Widespread is the belief that the 72nd Congress will act in favor of Philippine independence. It was to pre pare for such action that President Hoover sent Secretary Hurley to Manila for facts. The measure which commands the most united support among the farm-freedom bloc in Congress is that prepared by Senators Hawes and Cutting and reported favorably to the Senate last year. Under this bill a Philippine constitution...
...extravagance at Premier Taschereau, blaming the Liberals for everything from unemployment to an attempt to assassinate him, Camillien Houde. He had one cureall: Government loans at 2% to Quebec farmers. Canadians flocked to listen to him. Impressed editors prophesied that if he did not win the election he would pare the Liberal majority to a sliver. Quebec's performance at the polls last week only proved again that listening to inflammatory speeches and voting for candidates are two affairs. Liberal Taschereau won 79 out of 90 contested seats. Skyrocket Houde followed an old Canadian maneuver and ran for office...
...Pare National Albert where Mr. & Mrs. Martin Johnson photographed gorillas this summer...
...Married. Pare Lorentz, 30, cinema-critic of the New York Evening Journal and Judge; and Sally Bates, 23, actress (An American Tragedy; Sweet Adeline; Up Pops the Devil); in Oswego...