Word: particularities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Eakins (1844-1916), a great U. S. artist even today, was represented by six canvases in the Whitney show. Best of the lot was his picture of the Biglen brothers, famed oarsmen of the 1870's, pulling their double shell around a mark in a race. Eakins' particular passion was having his models pose in exactly the same attitude from day to day. He used to make them stand against a background marked out with squared lines with colored ribbons attached at the exact point where head, elbow, knee, etc. were supposed to be. Prizefights were his passion...
...they must be appreciated and anticipated if the plan is to be successful. At the same time, the Committee's action will be valuable in the long run only insofar as each Department responds to the growing demand for introductory courses more general than technical. In the sciences in particular, a course concerned primarily with the history of science, and a study of the scientific method would be immensely valuable, the more so in a world suffering from a surfeit of loose, wishful thinking...
...there is reason to hope that the progressive , spirit like that of spring, will invade the cloistered halls of more than one Department, and give impetus to courses which enable those limiting their study to one field, to broaden their outlook through an understanding not so much of the particular leaves in the various branches of learning, as of the whole branch itself--and above all, of its significance for the modern world...
...advertisment of a food, drug, or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular relevant to the purposes of this act. Any representation concerning any effect of a drug shall be deemed to be false under this paragraph if such representation is not sustained by demonstrable scientific facts or substantial and reliable medical opinion...
There is a real crumb of comfort in the reflection about the contemporary attitude, and later adjustment to the Italian and Russian dictators' policies of building up huge war machines a decade ago. Some cynics, however, particularly in France, think that a punitive war is necessary to forestall danger to their own countries. England holds the key to the whole situation; without her aid other countries will hardly resort to such a drastic and risky measure. Although Hitler has made all the demands so far, the English attitude is yet to be fully formulated and determined. Despite the war scare...