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Word: rather (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...come out at the end of the year with little understanding of economic thought and a definite revulsion to economic theory. If a large number of people are prejudiced against Economics as opposed to History, one must conclude that the University has failed to show that they complement rather than supplement one another...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BATTLES AND SYMPHONIES | 2/24/1939 | See Source »

...election of a non-Italian cardinal is rather improbable," he said. "It would be an open challenge to Mussolini, and in view of the present political situation in Europe it might lead to serious complications," Professor La Piana believes that in case of war, a non-Italian Pope would be in a tragic situation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Church Professor Says Pro-Fascist Cardinal Unlikely to Be Next Pope | 2/24/1939 | See Source »

...days after this rather unusual swing concert, the band went down to New York where, with a little persuasion, a famous band leader listened to her, dismissed the girl he had hired only a month before, and hired Helen O'Connell as the feminine vocalist for Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 2/24/1939 | See Source »

...only a logical outgrowth of this attitude that the press retaliated by arousing prejudice against the University. However, this was not prompted by mercenary motives but was rather the result of misunderstanding. Harvard shunned publicity like a temperamental movie queen, and found, in so doing, that it was inviting animosity. But with the appointment of Mr. Ryan, conditions steadily began to improve. He saw to it that the press was received well and given the necessary information. For the past few years, his work has been taken for granted; but then it involved a radical change in, policy, and later...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD AND THE FOURTH ESTATE | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

That raise, rather than educators have become the product of the Graduate School of Education would seem to be indicated by a series of events in that institution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MICE INUNDATION TROUBLES GRADUATE TEACHING SCHOOL | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

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