Word: saner
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...musical setup in Hollywood is saner now than New Yorkers might gather from the stage parody in Boy Meets Girl, in which a prankster buzzes for a composer, demands and gets a roundelay in 15 minutes. Composers and lyricists now attend conferences with producers and directors, receive specific assignments that take into consideration the personalities of the performers. One constant reminder is that a song must be catchy enough to impress on first hearing, as did Cheek to Cheek in Top Hat, Alone in One Night at the Opera...
...world is threatened by strife and uncertainty. The desire for knowledge concerning its problems discloses itself in the increased popularity of the social sciences. By explaining the little that is known about governmental, historical, and economic problems to ready listeners, the Faculty may imbue its students with a saner, more intelligent understanding of the problems that demand solution. Certainly no hurdle of requirements should be thrown in the path of such necessary knowledge...
...report drawn up on intramural sports under the College Plan flatly asserted "that the day of these enormous receipts is past, and athletic costs, like all other costs must be materially reduced. Athletics at Yale should adjust themselves to simpler and saner standards of living...
...house plans at these universities may have had something to do with the trip. It has been prophesied that in the new order athletics will be saner and more like what prevails in England. There may be a solution for much that troubles educators in having the teachers run the studies and letting the boys shift for themselves when they are at play. --The Boston Globe...
...today fails to take into account this side of the question; it points to many unwarranted cases of unjustified force, but does not examine the broader aspect of the problem. Orders, inspired by practical experience, were given to stop a demonstration. They were carried out. Had the police been saner and had less the fooling of a field day, these regrettable instances, of course, might have been avoided. But Harvard must remember, also, that a riot in Charlestown is a more alarming occurrence than a case of spring fever in the Square. It is easy to sit around afterwards...