Word: particularities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Mississippian, I do resent the unwarranted insults heaped upon the South in general and Mississippi in particular as a result of these hangings (TIME, April 16, Letters), particularly those of one A. J. Smith...
...material for this localized "history", Miss Sears has resorted to the old chronicles and to all the floating mass of legendary Indian tales available in every New England town. In particular, she says in her preface that she has made use of stories told her by her father's sister, who had these stories from her father, who had heard them from his mother, who had heard them from some one else. Of such is history made. This legendary atmosphere helps to make the story vivid but it also brings the kitchen-parlor element into unfortunate prominence...
...homeopathic medicine, asked authority to devalue the dollar to the 50?-60? level. Thereupon the Congressional demand for inflation all but disappeared. Last week it made a new appearance. Inflationary bills, like bright red pock marks, appeared on several parts of the U. S. legislative body. Three bills in particular-proposals to give somebody something handsome-promised inflation. They loomed particularly large because they threatened to make serious trouble for the Administration's legislative program. The three: Frazier-Lemke Bill would give U. S. farmers a release from heavy mortgage charges. It proposed to have the Government take over...
...passing interest. So it was in Paris. Before the Parliamentary committee investigating the Stavisky scandal came the holder of the highest judicial post in France, Judge Théodore Lescouvé. First President of the Court of Cassation, to tell what he knew about Stavisky, what he knew in particular about the murder of his colleague Albert Prince (TIME, March...
There can be no question that any plan to give the tutorial system the importance it deserves should be adopted so soon as possible. The system, while not yet fully developed, is potentially one of the most admirable aspects of Harvard. Its particular virtue is that the student can get an exact return on the time he gives it, whereas no matter how much time he is given to most courses, there is a limit to what they have to offer. For the student who is interested in his field it is a source of chagrin that at present...