Word: particularities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...date in the realm of sports, members of Kirkland have been laying particular emphasis on football with twenty-four already out for the team and more expected...
...these neophytes are desirous of avoiding the hasty consideration of special fields of interest with the resultant disappointment and chagrin that so often follows last minute decisions, they will begin now to consider where their particular interest lies before urged to do so by University Hall bureaucrats. Harassed by distribution and language requirements the average Freshman gives little thought to concentration until these are successfully met. In many instances, which the Freshman may observe among unenthusiastic upperclassmen, fields of concentration are selected without much previous analysis of a student's own aptitudes or a knowledge of that with which...
...case against private banking," he summed up in Buffalo last week, "falls into two parts: the private banking system has failed and, therefore, Government banking is the answer. Both are wrong. Our particular kind of private banking system failed under certain particular circumstances. That is perfectly true. But that is quite different from saying that private banking as a whole has failed. And if private "banking as a whole had proved itself inadequate, which it has not, then it still would not follow that Government banking would be any better...
Beside the long-sought conquest of the mountain the party accomplished much interesting and valuable scientific work Of particular interest in this respect was the measurement of glacial movement, not only over the course of weeks, but also in hours. Unexpected results were obtained, showing that the glacier suddenly slid forward during the evening around supper time, again about midnight, and once more early in the morning. The average movement of the Crillon glacier, the one studied most in detail, was two inches an hour. Dynamite blasting was also done to determine the depth of the ice by means...
There is a feeling among many members of Adams House that our particular house is being discriminated against in many ways. For example, members of Eliot House have been enjoying hot water for baths for the last three days. Adams House men who return to college a few days early must either bathe in cold water, a process hazardous to the health in these uncertain September days, or not bathe at all, a process hazardous to one's social standing as some of us have found...