Word: partings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...assembled, Franklin Roosevelt brushing aside other subjects, picked up a typewritten sheet and, in cold accents so deliberate that reporters could take it down verbatim, he read: "The news of the past few days from Germany has deeply shocked public opinion in the United States. Such news from any part of the world would inevitably produce a similar profound reaction among American people in every part of the nation...
...Last week Mr. Cummings sold to the Post Office Department for $50,000 a city lot in Stamford, part of extensive realty holdings accumulated...
This vital and fundamental struggle between the traditional conservatism and the, to Whitman, mystical desire for social reform in the mind of the editor-poet is sharply, forcefully described by Mr. Arvin, who makes of him a dual personality. One part of Whitman is the government clerk, the traditionalist and the conventionalist; the other is the poet who instinctively fears for the future of democracy in an age of money-chasing, corrupt politicians, of oppressed industrial workers. On practically every social and political question, Whitman tends to diverge within himself. He writes paeans on the equality of all human beings...
...inter-House discussions would be unwieldy and difficult to organize, it remains up to the separate Houses to push forward these meetings. Not only would regular discussions destroy some of the dangers of over-specialization but also they would constitute a positive intellectual contribution to the college on the part of the Houses. Though unspectacular as yet, these meetings have great potentialities which if realized would represent another triumph for the tutorial system at Harvard...
...Great Lady" Miss Terris plays the part of Eliza Bowen, a tavern wench who wishes to become a "great lady." To achieve her object she goes to extremes in securing the aid of a ship's captain, two husbands, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Louis XVIII...