Word: reforms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...identify him. In spring 1933 (banking crisis) they labeled him Man of the Hour. In summer 1933 (Economy Act, NRA) they relabeled him Man of Recovery. In autumn and winter 1933-34 (dollar devaluation; spending program) they relabeled him Man of Experiment. In the spring of 1934 (banking reforms; Brain Trust ascendancy) they relabeled him Man of Reform. Finally they began to record "swings to the right," "swings to the left" until many a weary observer gave up, declared Franklin Roosevelt a creature of ephemeral enthusiasm, of extemporaneous opportunism. For the first time in months this cynicism has cracked...
...dining-hall privileges seems to be the present policy of the authorities. Praiseworthy is the experiment of introducing Freshmen to the Houses by allowing them the right to take 14 meals in the Houses without extra charge, in substitution for an equal number at the Union. One dining-hall reform suggests investigation of another possible improvement, change in present scale of dining-hall prices for 21, 14, and 10 meals...
...report deal with the criticism that the Law School has become factory-like and sadistic. The degenerating influences of the grind necessary to meet the final examinations and the recently-adopted comprehensive examinations are left unmentioned in the report. Not too much can be expected in the way of reform if the remark, made by a professor in the Law School recently that the "dawn of intelligence commences with the grade of 67" is typical of the attitude of the faculty...
...shared by many, it is only right that they should have an opportunity to offer proposals for the betterment of the evils which are most obvious. Possibly a professor may be taking for granted a greater or lesser degree of background than his students have achieved, in which case reform would be simple. No matter how deep may be the causes for dissatisfaction, they must be brought to the surface if the course is to be of any lasting value...
Centuries of parliamentary tradition have left His Majesty's realm with almost no political plug-uglies, millions of loyal subjects overwhelmingly convinced that violence has no place in politics. Last week svelte, high-waisted Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, rich Fascist, decided to reform his Black Shirt movement into two sections. Members of the first or so-called "elite section" must be firm believers in violence as an instrument of party policy...