Word: periodicities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...background of the War, both in the United States, and in the field of military operations; and the second to give an interesting account of the actual operations and personalities of the War. The first six chapters give the reader a fairly compelling description of the temper of the period preceding the conflict, employing the well-worn system of correlating diverse events throughout the country to show the styles, manners, opinions, interests of the American people. But after Mr. Mason gets his reader into the actual conflict with the Spaniard, he entirely forgets to write of the folks back home...
...appease business, and even if it were possible, it isn't desirable. These desiring a change of government will persuade business to demand a change of government, and business will do it rather than be "appeased." Appeasement would be undesirable, since it would mean the beginning of a period of fatal speculative activity...
...courses requiring a large amount of review, more emphasis was placed on review in the course itself, there would be little need for tutoring schools in most cases. In many courses, the material is given up to the eve of the examination period itself. Not many men would pay fifteen or twenty dollars for a poor review if the college gave them a good one free. Sincerely yours, Peter Black...
...Florence Rena Sabin, 67. In 1893, plain, blonde Florence Sabin graduated from Smith College. After a short period of teaching zoology, she bravely entered Johns Hopkins Medical School, thus starting a long career of firsts: first woman to graduate from the Hopkins, first woman to teach there, first woman member of the Rockefeller Institute, first (and only) woman member of the National Academy of Sciences. She is famed for her discovery of the origin and processes of the lymphatic system, her account of the development of blood cells, her studies of the blood in tuberculosis, her testing of chemical substances...
...holding company, Grace Co. When Delaware's Court of Chancery last year agreed with Loft, Pepsi-Cola was selling at $70 a share (it is now $130). Pepsi-Cola profits were $2,700,000 in the first nine months of 1938; Loft lost $867,000 in the same period...