Word: rate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sake of the havoc it creates. They are not fussy, but the present trend leaves them bewildered. Where in the carnival should those three hours which once formed the be-all and end-all be placed." Stripped of their trappings crowds, stadia, bands, riots how do they rate...
...Professor Wilson quoted from an article which appeared in the New Republic on October 5, by Herbert Croly, editor of that magazine. "A case in point was the attitude of the conference toward the question of feeding the inhabitants of an island like Japan, who are increasing at the rate of almost 900,000 a year and who cannot, because of the policy of other Pacific nations, export in sufficient quantities either population or goods. The conference did not, of course, explicitly recommend any way of dealing with this problem, but the various speakers tended to indorse the Japanese contention...
...coach of the Yale Dramatic Association. He stated when reached last night by the CRIMSON that he had been officially approached by officers of the club, but that he was far too busy at the Repertory Theatre to accept the Dramatic Club position, for the present at any rate...
...Leiber is gifted with intuition enough to grasp the fact, that net yet at any rate is he either Hampien or Barrymore. With that in the back of his mind, as well as his own private theories as to the manner of presenting the bard of Avon's plays he has gone ahead. Far from following the custom any path, he leaves the pomposity which suits but so few pieces anyway, and proceeds to tone ats Shakespere down. He in particular, but the supporting cast as well, render their lines as though they were of twentieth century vintage...
...news was scarce, space was filled by the details of an imaginary "epidemic." Editors soon came to believe in their hoax and wrote articles showing how too much philosophy was being inserted into callow brains. Educators were faced with a grave dilemma, when it seemed probable that the death rate of colleges would exceed applications for entrance. Soon came the Hall-Mills and Snyder-Gray murder cases, and the "youth suicide wave" was forgotten...