Word: quota
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cabinet approved and President Doumergue signed, last week, a decree restricting the showing of foreign films in France. This measure creates a board empowered to reject any foreign film if the country of export is not exhibiting a generous quota of French films. Last year 368 U. S. films were shown in France, but only about 8 French releases flickered in the U. S. The decree will become operative on March...
Headmaster Irvine "of Mercersburg interpolated ironically: "Each generation, of course, has its quota of loafers who will always be a Headmaster's hardest problem and who will make instructors earn their salaries," but he too thought the Modern Schoolboy works "more earnestly...
...obvious and fully justifiable criticism of such a program is that it is superficial. Psychologists can prove to their own satisfaction that a man's intelligence quota, his ability to deal with facts and situations is constant throughout life. With this in view, to ground him in facts, to give him tools with which to work, would seem the logical means of education. True, an intelligent tutor or stimulating lecturer can often awaken the dormant perceptive and critical faculties. But to let them play unconfined over impossibly wide fields of knowledge for several years, without any strict disciplining...
...inspiring home. None of us would care to attempt a definition of citizenship in such a republic. Certainly all of those who would claim it do not merit such distinction. Fortunately, it is a republic without either boundaries or territory and its immigrants are not restricted to any quota. I hope you will find that it exists as dominant here as in the universities of your native lands...
Undeniably industrious, able, ambitious, well-born,* clever, Robert Clarkson has attracted his quota of envy. He is often seen edging, a few minutes late, into his box at polo, at the horseshow, at the theatre, at prizefights. Recognizing him at these events, casual acquaintances wonder when he finds time to do his work. They would probably fail to identify his round gay face of a somewhat sophisticated cherub with the intent, solemn, face which, late at night has been seen bending over Robert Clarkson's desk...