Word: particularities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those preparing for graduate study and those merely wanting an A.B. are to a large extent interwoven; and concludes that rather than substitute an alternative plan of study, which would overthrow the principle of concentration that each should be "provided with comprehensive knowledge and systematic training in a particular field," the present plan can be successfully revised. This consideration is all pertinent, since in these troublous times the undergraduate, whether scholarly or not, is seriously questioning the value of his education in the light of his future...
Abuses in trade union activities and public relief contribute two major barriers to the normal flow of farmers into industry, he said. The removal of such barriers is "of vital importance for the satisfactory functioning of our society and in particular for the solution of agricultural problems...
...father, which he himself had worked 20 years to preserve. Last week Jan Masaryk was in the U. S., putting what was left to him-as proud a name as there is in Europe-to work not for the Czechs but for democracy in general and persecuted Jews in particular...
Last week, with his usual tartness, SEC Chairman William O. Douglas took a fling at directors in general and McKesson & Robbins directors in particular. Plumping for responsible paid directors who would give real attention to their jobs, he urged U. S. corporations to go out and find men who would represent stockholders rather than management or banks. Although there might be plenty of practical problems in staffing directorates with paid "outsiders" (not part of the management) who had the time to know intimately the business they directed, Mr. Douglas said pertinently...
Today, the entire Senate Judiciary Committee passed on the nomination and turned it over to the Senater for confirmation which is expected early this week without any particular opposition...