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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...began, however, it had turned into a farewell tour. When newshawks caught up with them at Memphis, Henry Wallace loyally declared: "You know. Rex has been one of the most vigorous fighters for the capitalistic system that I know of. ... Men of Tugwell's courage and insight are rare. We shall all regret that he is no longer in Government...
...named Sinned Against, pretty Theodora Lynn (Irene Dunne) cast her vote with the rest. No one in Lynnfield knew that, under the nom de plume of Caroline Adams, she had written the book herself. Until its illustrator, Michael Grant (Melvyn Douglas), who had met Theodora on one of her rare trips to New York, arrived in Lynnnfield, there seemed no danger that her double life would be exposed. By good-humored blackmail, Grant compelled Theodora to persuade her maiden aunts to give him a job as gardener. Then he persuaded her to go berry-picking in trousers, fishing on Sunday...
According to persistent critics, the maladies of the Department are the same as those which afflict, to greater or lesser degree, the whole college organism. Feasible combinations of abilities seem to be double-decked at best, and the real "triple-threat" man as rare as an autumnal leaf in spring. Potentially the choice may seem ideal, but in actual experience limiting factors, such as the amount of the instructor's time, the sum of his energy, and the direction of his main interest prove almost insuperable. The fear, simply expressed, is that the tide is running strongly away from excellent...
...question: "Shall there be a convention to revise the Constitution and amend the same?" In 1916, with the failure of the previous year fresh in mind, the electorate voted No. Last week, 20 years having elapsed, the question again appeared on every New York ballot. Rare was the voter who knew why it was there. It was not mentioned in any political platform. Candidates generally ignored it in their speeches. No civic agency seemed greatly interested in its passage or defeat. Nevertheless, when the ballots were counted it was found that millions of yea-saying New Yorkers had voted...
...elevators in Holyoke House and Widener get the most use, although there are many members of the Faculty and student body who, after one attempt, have sworn off for life. In recent years, however more and more have been venturing into the Widener life, and the time is now rare when it pauses on its headlong flight between floors...