Word: powerfully
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Against these proposals, it may be argued that set rules of tenure lessen the University's bargaining power and that professorial competition detracts from the dignity of that exalted calling. But the increased security provided the younger members of the Faculty more than balances the first objection, and the second criticism is nullified by the fact that competition will serve only as a stimulus to those academicians who at the present time are prone to rest on their laurels. Although minor objections may remain, it seems likely that these proposals will not only decrease the present discontent among instructors...
Perhaps the best known of the many eminent German scholars who have come to the United States as political exiles, Dr. Mann was forced to leave his native land, in the summer of 1933. shortly after Hitler's rise to power. His unpopularity with the Nazis was attributed both to his open dislike for political dictatorship and to the fact that he is married to a German Jewess...
...other hand, Mr. Hutton's keen perception of what will happen once war starts marks his work as a highly plausible piece of political prophecy. More than this, the keen appreciation of the highly unstable situation created in Central Europe by a power-crazed Fanatic makes Survey after Munich interesting and thought-provoking reading for anyone interested in the preservation of world peace...
FROM the pen of an outstanding authority on Central European problems comes a penetrating analysis of the changes wrought in the continental balance of power by the Munich settlement. Mr. Hutton does not concern himself with the tangled threads of international diplomacy which led up to last September's conference. Instead he tries to point out exactly what the decisions arrived at may mean for the future of a war-jittery world...
...Englishman was glad to give what advice he thought he could regarding college tennis, he was most interested in talking about tennis in general and his own and Don Budge's game in particular. He characterized his own style as that of a "defensive retriever," while Budge was a "power house." "I keep my opponent stretching and Don smashes the ball at his feet...