Word: result
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Another peculiar feature of the islands is found in the attitude of the Dutch toward the halfbreed," said Putnam. "Contrary to the English practice the Dutch maintain that the slightest drop of white blood makes a white man at least, before the law. As a result the Dutch are confronted with less racial friction than the British colonies...
...early Christian temple was different in spirit from pagan shrines in that the former was a place to meet for worship, whereas the latter was considered the actual residence of the divinity. The result was a lack of self-consciousness and a simplicity that is of much interest to the student of the arts...
...office as compared with the previous year. It will be remembered that the Class of 1927, the first to face the higher promotion requirements, suffered rather severely from them. An unusual effort was made with the Class of 1928 to help it meet the new requirements, with the result that it made as good a record as the last class which had only the lower requirements to meet. It was felt, however, that such a careful following of the individual Freshman as was then made would not be altogether the best thing for them when they passed to the Sophomore...
...motion picture business has grown as a result of the construction of better theatres," said Jesse D. Lasky, Vice-President of Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, in an interview with the CRIMSON yesterday after his lecture at the Business School. "Twelve years ago, when the motion picture industry was getting its start, the movie-houses were frequented by the lower class of society. The pictures were mediocre and the so-called theatres were nothing more than cabarets. The great contrast between then and now in this industry, as I see it, was instigated by an improvement in the show-houses themselves...
...Lasky was a producer of stage plays. Displeased with the short two-reel pictures then being filmed, he determined to produce a film that would said an audience for several hours, and thus entertain them for an entire evening. The result was his entrance into the moving picture industry and the production of "feature films", for which, since that time he has become world famous. Twelve years ago, the newly organized Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, a joining of the firms of Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky, had a total capital of $100,000. Today, the corporation is worth...