Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...handsomely photographed gamut of daring deeds, the picture contains nothing as sporting as such a mythical contest might be. The onesidedness of Ingolby's encounters, combined with a certain stuffiness not wholly mitigated by having the Queen use such locutions as "You stink of fish" to her subjects, prevent Ingolby's escapades from being as exciting as those of his Russian rival. Typical shot: loyal Ingolby at a Spanish dinner party, evading a toast to England's downfall...
...first-hand observation of animals in Africa has enabled her to draw absolutely true-to-life pictures. All here works are brilliantly colored, but she is somewhat under the pessimism and hatred of mankind that affected the German artists of the early part of the century. This does not prevent her, however, from composing often with a lightness of touch and humorous approach which make her drawings very pleasing...
...pounds lighter than the old Varsity shell. It is rigged in the manner of Washington shells, according to the specifications of Head Coach Tom Bolles., who is obviously pleased with the result. En route from Seattle the boat occupied a whole express car, being slung from the ceiling to prevent jarring...
...nation wondered what this crisis was. It now seems that the dangers of a boom are again in the offiing, and that we are "at a crisis in our ability" to protect ourselves against these dangers. But none of the laws invalidated by the nine defeatists were designed to prevent a boom; the Bank Acts of 1933 and 1935, which the President pushed through Congress for this purpose, are still on the books and in no danger of being removed. One would have to regard the facts through a magnifying glass to see any crisis here...
According to this plan, Harvard will attempt to inoculate students with the habit of independent reading and intensive study apart from courses to prevent the after-the-degree forgetfulness of "intellectual and spiritual growth." To Dr. Conant it seems "a hopeless task to provide a complete and finished liberal education suitable to this century by four years of college work." In other words, he believes that "the only worth-while liberal education today is one which is a continuing process throughout life." Accordingly, by this "extra- curricular study" the university at Cambridge will instill that educational virus which alone retains...