Word: prompting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sincerely hoped and urged that authorities representing both institutions will not consider further prolonged negotiations, red tape, and "discussion" necessary before direct action can be taken. The undergraduate sentiments on record, the public announcement by Mr. Bingham of Harvard's willingness to negotiate, followed by his later proposals for prompt steps, appear to us to present the opportunity for abandoning indefinite, cautious formalities on both sides of the fence and for coming to terms on the basis of immediate action...
Because it was another international affair, because the shooting occurred at a questionable distance offshore, because Prime Minister Bennett of Canada was just about to visit President Hoover in Washington (see p. 11), the official U. S. investigation was prompt and thorough. Assertions by some members of the Josephine K.'s crew that Mate Schmidt was drunk were disproved to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard board. As in the still unsettled case of the I'm Alone (TIME, April 1, 1929), the main question was: Did the shelling and seizure occur within the jurisdiction...
...Rumors about Franklin Trust Co. started. A bad situation was avoided by the prompt action of other banks and statements from financial leaders that all was well. In other cities similar events have taken place, and the banking history of 1930 will contain a long chapter, not without bright passages, on the duty of banks and bankers in time of crisis...
...Secretary of Labor, the Senator-elect from Pennsylvania was delayed that length of time at the Capitol while North Dakota's Senator Nye challenged his eligibility. The charge: more than $600,000 was spent to elect the ticket on which Mr. Davis ran. The Senate's prompt vote (58-0-27) to seat Mr. Davis gave Pennsylvania its full elected Senate representation for the first time in nearly four years. As Senator Davis took his seat, he felt he had achieved a precedent by transferring directly out of the Cabinet into the Senate...
...personal disappointments or bitter memories prompt this attack, but rather four compelling reasons: (1) Cramming is a slipshod, superficial method of review, deadens undergraduate initiative, and places a premium on merely getting by. (2) In view of the fact that only certain types of exam questions can be asked and that these can easily be spotted by experienced tutors, cramming by Hun puts University examiners under the temptation of trapping the trapper and giving tests that will beat Hun and fail everybody. (3) Shallow tutoring is foreign to the purpose of all worth-while study, encourages habits of mental laziness...