Word: provinciale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"The problem of opium has a direct bearing upon militarism. It is a patent fact that opium growing has become more extensive in the provinces. The country itself which nine years ago was almost rid of opium, is now the scene of a brisk smuggling trade that is protected by...
"In addition China is a widely separated empire Its 18 provinces have no intercommunication. The railroad system is a mere toy, and connects only a few centers. Mountains and great distances split the people into separate units. Differences in the spoken language, southern and northern antipathies, and provincial jealousies augment...
The saddest commentary on these proceedings is that there can be little room for denial. Boston is, as Mr. Eaton remarks, "the laughing stock of the country because of its censorship of literature." That it should merit that distinction is rather surprising when its educational institutions are considered. Usually those...
On the New York Curb Market (less finicky than the New York Stock Exchange), Dresdener Bank of Berlin and Selfridge Provincial Shares, Ltd., represented by deposit certificates, have long been sold. Twenty other titles are dealt in on the Curb, but are unlisted.
Such a procedure, the natural outcome of the University's policies, would be utterly futile, if, in increasing her appeal and in extending her boundaries she had lost the original soundness and vigor which characterized her founders. If Harvard had rated the importance of quality below that of quantity and...