Word: recommending
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...quick to tell me President Conant was receiving an honorary degree from Oxford this afternoon and wouldn't I like to join him in seeing the ceremony? Aside from the fact I got to know the Conants through their Sunday teas and this is an institution I would highly recommend--I was interested in going, for all such ceremonies here at Oxford offer an insight into the background and traditions of the University...
...Malayan ruler was in London ostensibly to consult Harley Street specialists who had been warned not to recommend operations, an outrage to the Sultan's beliefs. Whitehall wiseacres, however, were saying last week that the real purpose of the visit was to unravel a diplomatic tangle, the succession to the throne of Selangor. Two years ago the Sultan's eldest son was deposed, and, in accordance with Malayan custom, the second son was nominated successor. To this the British Colonial Office objected, nominated the Sultan's third son. To this the Sultan objected, said: "The British Government...
...year, members of the U. S. Building & Loan League, in convention at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria, made what, for them, was a fine concession to Public Housing. They nodded righteous approval to a report which suggested: "If a substantial number of families cannot pay an economic rent, we recommend that the Government extend rent relief or rent subsidy, rather than follow the course of building and permanently renting to a group of citizens public accommodations...
Further, if an athlete's grades are low, the H.A.A. and the coaching staff are certainly obliged to recommend some form of tutoring. If tutoring schools will do this free for athletes and others no criticism can be levelled, but the Athletic Association must not agree to furnish financial aid. If a tutoring school giving free reviews telephones the H.A.A. to find out the financial status of a particular player, the necessary information should be given out, even as the Dean's office does...
...Suzy" has a good deal to recommend it. Cary Grant, Franchot Tone, as simultaneous husbands of the heroine, offer plenty of support--Lewis Stone makes a good father-in-law or if you need it, relief--to the movie. The love-plot is aided by the top-notch hit tune "Did I Remember," by now a bit past its prime, but nevertheless quite pleasant as Harlow sings it. And the plot, if improbable, is closely woven into an exciting story of spy intrigue and daredevil flying. Unaided by extravagant clothes to emphasize the Harlow curves, the movie is put over...