Word: prevailing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...centuries the debate as to the superiority of mind over matter, or of matter over mind, has proceeded, but without a conclusive decision. The place of psychology in business is undoubted; whether it can prevail against more concrete and material facts, and if so, how long, remain debatable propositions. Yet this is the dilemma faced today by the student of economic and business trends, when he attempts to foresee conditions as they will be in 1924. Practically all the facts pointed a month ago to continued deflation. Suddenly, a new psychology of confidence invaded the stock market, and from there...
...those that have the least anxiety about the triumph of the principles I have stood for. I have seen fools resist Providence before and I have seen their destruction, as will come upon these again-utter destruction and contempt. That we shall prevail is as sure as that God reigns. Thank...
...such a sentiment prevail and the gods of efficiency and utility fall not merely in their onslaught on the English universities but in maintaining their sway over American education, it may be due, paradoxically, to their finding themselves better served in the end by the traditional liberal education. Mr. Leys has pointed out that in England among the better business men there is a preference for a man of liberal education. Efficiency and Utility, it must be admitted, are ugly words, but they are so largely because of their connotation of mechanical precision and mass production. In their broader sense...
Lewis last week conferred with the National Coal Commission regarding the emergency, and expressed the hope that moderate counsels would prevail among the anthracite mine workers...
...purpose of this plan is to show these students the social, economic, and religious conditions which prevail in Europe today, in order to create a closer bond of friendship with the students of Europe, and to provide a basis for the foundation of Christian internationalism. The group will be under the leadership of Dr. H. C. Gossard, Senior Field Secretary of the Y. M. C. A., and a member of the Industrial service group which was conducted by Mr. Sherwood Eddy last summer. He is a teacher of note, and a profound student of social and industrial conditions in Europe...