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Word: pointedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Members of the department who will leave next year emphasized the point made in the recent tenure report, that too little importance is given to teaching ability in making promotions and pointed out that as a result of this there was no incentive for the young instructor to do anything...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Termination of Eight Appointments in Department of Economics Is Revealed | 5/9/1939 | See Source »

To the Uniting Conference, President Roosevelt sent an approving message: "To a world distracted by malice, envy and ill will . . . a harbinger of better things. . . . The Methodists have pointed the way. . . . May God prosper the work . . . combat the forces of strife that threaten our heritage of religion."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Methodist Merger | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

Threats of war in Europe have been one factor retarding U. S. business, but last week a significant incident spoke in an-other tone of voice. After waiting anxiously for days, businessmen heard Adolf Hitler speak (see p. 18). Promptly the London market spurted up and the New York market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Soggy Spring | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

Application for rooms in the college dormitories must be in by May 15, according to be Bursar's office, where such applications are received. It was pointed out that students who have reserved a room in the college dormitories will be allowed to cancel their reservations without charge if they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 654 Freshmen, Upperclassmen Get House Notification Today | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

The ancient question of the legitimacy of university tutoring has recently been reviewed by the Harvard Crimson and, as the system is conducted there, found to be a definite evil. With a request to other Harvard publications to refuse tutoring school advertisements the Cambridge daily formally declared war on the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TUTORING TROUBLES | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

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