Word: reformations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great deal of energy working without any brains always stands a fair chance of accomplishing very little and it is in this respect that the Amsterdam gathering is more closely related than at first appears to so many other groups which differ only in the end to be obtained. Reform, limited by sanity and a sense of humor is an essential in human relations but the incessant dinning and nagging about every little thing that strikes one's sense of the disagreeable does nothing but irritate. One wonders how many working days are lost annually by rheumatically minded people congregating...
...however inspiring, could afford Mr. Jolson a legitimate opportunity to bellow for his Mammy. When one wants to see a faithful portrayal of the real negro there is Paul Robeson. But Al Jolson, in spite of Eddie Cantor's admirable attempts, is absolutely unique. And now he threatens to reform...
...Need of Reform Admitted...
...profoundly convinced it is, ought not to be cited with the imprimatur of Harvard University, to be here and abroad quoted by sensational writers in the press and bring reproach and discredit upon the administration of justice in our country. It is true that we are in need of reform in all branches of our procedural and substantive law to meet new conditions, but our present conditions. I do not believe, are a disgrace to civilization, but rather the inevitable outgrowth of the changes which had taken place among us during the past forty years...
...time being all individual interests. The ultimate question to be decided is whether the Chinese people will continue to allow a handful of scheming politicians and ambitious war-lords to keep them in a state of civil bondage or whether they will embrace the comprehensive program of reform offered by the Cantonese...