Word: saliently
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...make the political events more understandable in the light of the political theory. The contributing causes of the Revolution are made to stand out vividly in the student's mind. Although his lectures are well filled with specific facts, Mr. Doolin has an enlightening habit of slipping in salient generalizations at the critical moment. His ability to put across the basic principles of an age or a series of events is developed to an extent uncommon in courses open to undergraduates...
...brazenness which has made her famous, Japan, represented by M. Hirota, has demanded that the Soviet Union withdraw her troops from Southern Siberia, since their presence is taken by Tokio as an "unfriendly gesture." Nothing, of course, is further from the Kremlin's mind than to leave the Vladivostok salient wholly unprotected, as Molotov said in so many words, discarding diplomatic disguise. It is perfectly true that the Soviet garrisons and the lower territory itself will be lost instantly when war begins: Manchukuo is so placed that the Japanese will have no trouble whatever in splitting the Maritime provinces...
There is one salient fact which stands out of all that is being reported and written of the middlewestern farm revolt; some farmers are willing to sell at the current price level, and are being restrained from doing so only by the most inflammatory and militant devisements of their fellows. The gospel preached by the pay leaders of the movement, I am aware, is in direct opposition to this. Their argument runs that the NRA is intolerable, because it is running agriculture into the ground and making it impossible for any farmer to retain his solvency, but if this were...
...part, 'we extend our sincere sympathy to the harassed referee, who never is allowed to know what the exact rules are. They change so rapidly and extensively, and are so involved when finally evolved, that we often wonder how games are ever finished without more mistakes. The salient fact of the mistakes on Saturday is not that they would not have changed the outcome of the games in the case of reversed decisions, but that an eternal squabble may be the result if such errors happen in a close contest. --BY TIME...
Inquiry at the Harvard Student Employment Office reveals that drawing comparisons between the results effected by this office and that at Yale necessitates the recognition of salient differences...