Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...remained in Vag's mind as just another childhood fairy tale writer, like the author of "Alice in Wonderland" or the wonderful persons who composed his once-treasured "Book of Knowledge." Lately however, Vag has been finding out much more about this particular man. It seems Vag missed the point of these stories of strange lands. They weren't just fairy tales; they were satire--bitter, clever, biting, calculated ridicule of the life and society of eighteenth century England. Written in beautifully flowing, powerful, yet childishly simple language, they are considered perhaps the best satires in English. It is indeed...
...type of customer research must not be regarded merely as a functional activity, but as an operating philosophy which pervades every GM activity. He likes to regard himself as a symbol of a growing trend in Big Business to consider every corporate action, no matter how trivial, from the point of view of how it affects the public. Under this theory public relations becomes an integral part of any manufacturing function, even research. GM baldly admits this: though Henry Weaver's boss is Richard H. Grant, vice president in Charge of Sales, his expenses are borne by the Public...
...order to keep his creative faculties unsullied by routine, Weaver leaves management of his cluttered office to two young assistants-La Verne N. Laseau and A. Marsden Thompson. Rather a diligent extrovert in his writings, he assumes such pen-names as Fargan Hathway, makes a point of quoting Baltasar y Morales Gracián, a 17th Century Spanish Jesuit. Buck Weaver's screwiest activities are occasional booklets he prints at his own expense. He justifies them as outlets for his inhibitions, as surface rashes on his emotional ego. Sample paragraph based on Olive Schreiner story of the "Hunter...
...Even the points after touchdowns were odd. Chief Boston kicked one regulation affair, but two were tallied when first Harding and later Frank Foley picked up the blocked pigskin and lugged it across. Cliff Wilson, whose points after touchdowns are few and far between in his life, booted the final extra point...
...members of the Faculty that any distinguished teacher with an interest in religion has the right to hold forth in morning chapel. But too often aptitude for religious expression and profundity of religious thought do not accompany mere interest in the subject. Approaching the same problem from a different point of view, there are faculty members whose chapel talks are brilliant; Professors Mather, Munn and Hopper are in this category. Because of the supposed necessity for giving time to their less capable colleagues, these men are seldom seen, and the influence they might have in the popularization of chapel...