Word: particularities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...considering me as "the toughest looking member of the outfit" was not in the U. S. Service; no officer would relish making such an impression. It was an expression of thought on the part of one man during the Boston Police Strike, when he did not know that this particular motorcycle cop was a clergyman, likewise, and indicated his surprise in finding a parson armed with a .45 and doing that job. Second, while true that I have not had the honor to meet the First Citizen of this country and the most distinguished parishioner at St. Thomas' Church...
...MacDowell, Mr. Howard Goding is to be the soloist. MacDowell, a pupil of Joachim Raff, wrote this work while staying at Wiesbaden in the summer of 1885, and although most of his compositions were in the line of tone painting, he deviated from his usual course in making this particular Concerto unrelated to any program material. Soon after he had completed this, he came to Boston, where he lived for many years. The final number on the program is the Cesar Franck Symphony in D minor which was played at the Boston concerts a few weeks...
...King does not demand that Mrs. Simpson be his Queen but only insists upon contracting a morganatic marriage and giving her one of his lesser titles such as Countess of Chester. "The only possible way," Mr. Baldwin tells the House of Commons, "would be by legislation dealing with a particular case. His Majesty's Government are NOT prepared to introduce such legislation! Moreover, the matters to be dealt with are a common concern to the Commonwealth [Dominions, India, etc.] as a whole, and such a change could not be effective without the assent of all the Dominions...
...first offering of the Film Society will be a series of programs entitled "A Survey of the Film in America 1895-1932." This particular series deals with the rise of American film from its crude beginning through the early Pickford era and the famous classics of Griffith down to the first Walf Disney and the coming of sound. The first part of the program will be given on Thursday, January 28, to be followed by showings of the rest of the series on February 9 and 25, and March 9 and 25. The films will be presented at the Institute...
...social problems brought about by the depression and undimmed, as yet, by evidence of returning prosperity. But any investigation uncovers more than this. At Harvard the trend is also accounted for by a perfected local organization, a more vigorous personnel, and a desire of budding social scientists, whatever their particular field, to gain their education by actual experience as well as books...