Word: possessing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Eastern colleges should find little comfort in Mr. Tunis's article, for they must admit both the charges to a certain degree. Although most eastern universities possess many courses of undeniably modern scope, the general tendency is to look into the past with such absorption as to be blinded to its relation with the present. No denial of the accusation of materialism is conceivable in face of the huge construction work at Harvard and Yale and its contagious effect on the attitude of smaller colleges. But in general, it may be said, that their position is far less discouraging than...
...from the nasal intonation of advertising blurbs. But if the suggestion is adopted, great care must be taken lest it, too, become barren of worth. Its operation should be placed in the hands of a non-political board; its benefits should not be confined to the small minority who possess short-wave receivers; and programs should be so arranged as not to become stereotyped and unpalatable...
...International Style as opposed to "modernist" architecture eschews all decoration and ornament. "Functionalism" (a word overworked ad nauseam) is its watchword. Such beauty as their buildings possess is dependent on fine proportion of individual units, clever use of color, and the technically perfect use of materials. (Cement is sometimes poured in glass-lined forms to give it a marble-like polish.) Light is its fetish. Houses look more and more like aquariums. The four apostles of the International Style are two Germans, a Dutchman and a French Swiss, as follows...
Confronted with his tireless fertility, acathetic criticism seems simply beside the point. In regard to the quality of his work, it is superfluous to emphasize a superficiality which Wallace would himself be the last to deny. These qualities which he did possess he possessed superlatively and they were both genial and amusing. Never designed to be remembered, his literary work will at least be forgotten with affection and regret...
...dividing partitions throughout the building have been constructed of cinder concrete blocks which have a sound-absorbing effect that will be of great value in this type of building. In addition to the acoustical value of these blocks, they possess great tensile strength and a peculiar toughness which permits a flexibility of use for laboratory work...