Word: remains
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...light of modern needs. The decision was a great deal more concerned with the "sexual immorality" it hoped to prevent, than with the appalling human misery it was perpetuating. Until knowledge long in possession of the rich is made accessible to the underprivileged, social standards in Massachusetts will remain at their present disgraceful level...
...writing of the House debating plan, Robert M. Ravven '39, Chairman of the Dudley House Committee, said, ". . . . there remain a large number, not so interested in athletics, lacking sources of contact with members of the other houses. We feel that the proposed plan . . . would appeal especially to many of this group...
...caught smoking, we are put on campus immediately and we must remain at school seven days after everyone else has gone home for a major vacation. While we (I haven't been caught-yet!) are here for the extra time there are supervised classes and study halls all day. Now you know...
...Swiss tuberculosis sanatorium, convinced that he would soon die, Llewelyn Powys (pronounced Po'-is), then 25, came to a solemn conclusion: "There is no God . . . nothing matters as long as we remain healthy and alive . . . insensitiveness is the one cardinal sin." Still alive 29 years later, while continuing to think each year his last, Llewelyn Powys has succeeded in writing a half-dozen books which stand out for their acute observations of nature, their sensitive prose, their blend of pessimism and pagan delight in the "rabble senses." The most polished of the prolific Powys brothers (John Cowper Powys...
...borrower, would furnish full protection for the lending bank. . . . I am firmly of the opinion that banks generally have not been particularly wise or energetic in meeting the credit needs of the country. . . . Banking is a franchise that carries responsibility, not merely a privilege. ... If banking is to remain in private hands, it must meet the credit needs of the country...