Word: reasonableness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...propaganda. Last week, armed with orders from the Italian Department of the Interior (Italy's Department of the Interior: Benito Mussolini), black-shirted, truncheon-swinging Fascist Militia raided bookstores, bundled all editions of the works of Gorky, Gogol, Dostoievski, Tolstoy, Turgeniev, and even Jack London into vans. Official reason: "Low-priced editions of these works have injured the sale of books by modern Italian writers. They often contain seed for Communist propaganda...
...country girl who took her city sweetheart back to the barnyards, where he seemed pale indeed. When a bucolic beef eater smashed him on the chin, she realized however that she still loved him. Critic Robert Littell of the New York World: "I can think of no good reason for its existence." Critic Gilbert W. Gabriel of the New York American: "It has a certain pleading innocence about the badness of its writing." The New York Times: ". . . definitely a minor occurrence in the theatre...
...talk I ever heard. Mr. Hoffman's doctrine is at the bottom of our troubles. I have known that automobile manufacturers had such thought in their hearts, but this is the first time I ever met one who dared to preach such a theory. There is no earthly reason for speed higher than 35 miles an hour. . . ." The National Safety Council, before whose Chicago meeting the two men spoke, could not of course change their points of view; could only deplore that of the 96,000 U. S. deaths by accident last year, 24,000 were due to accidents...
...entirely in one for the last several years anyway." Although Mr. Woodruff, 40, was 13 years younger than Walter White, the two men were famed friends, enjoyed the same things in and out of office. Between them was almost a dual management of Coca-Cola and White. For this reason White shareholders were pleased at the directors' choice for president, knowing profitable White policies would be continued. The first statement of the new president confirmed this, saying, "The White Motor Co. is enjoying prosperity at this time, as a result of Mr. White's able leadership. . . . Our position...
Harvard men, reports the Boston Globe, go to Vassar as seldom as they can. Not that we've noticed this discrepancy or anything; but just to forewarn prospective-football audiences we think they ought to know the reason for the slight. It seems we are too active. We are apt to take them on long walks, a picnic, or a round of golf...