Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Addressing a rally of 20,000 Conservatives in Leicester, the man with the umbrella observed, "As Lloyd George himself says, his scheme is as sound as the Welsh mountains. They are celebrated for their scenery. They probably afford pasturage for a few goats. ... To put his scheme into effect would require a Dictator. . . . A Dictator might do it. But we are not going to work under a Dictator...
...Boston Club speeches on the House Plan disclose the position of University Hall on several not un-important details regarding the working out of the proposed social scheme. Mr. Greenough's mention of a "high table" in the dining hall for the resident masters and tutors, and of a separate common room for the same officials presents a jarring note in the utopian outline of the Harkness project...
Bennett. Said Mr. Bennett: "I am all in favour of the departmental store. I cannot keep my eyes off its window-displays, its crowds of customers, its army of employees [but] public opinion in Britain is not yet ripe to approve the employment of responsible imaginative writers ... in any scheme of publicity for a commercial concern. Personally I differ from public opinion . . . but I will not flout...
...that such as exists is based on unfamiliarity with the enterprise. Members of the Faculty are, naturally enough, concerned about the details, and it is quite possible that not all agree on every item in the important undertaking which, because it is novel, is working out slowly, but the scheme as a whole is thoroughly acceptable. The graduates are almost unanimously favorable to it: at their meetings held since the announcement of Mr. Harkness's generous gift and in other places they have enthusiastically endorsed the plan, either formally or informally...
Several men in charge of courses regularly taken by seniors have already adjusted their requirements to the more comprehensive scheme involved in the system of general examination. Large review courses, with their personnel drawn from every class and a wide variety of interests are admittedly hard put to it to adopt themselves to the needs of everyone. Mr. Perry has recognized the necessity for readjustment of the demands made by a side show just at the time when the main attraction is about to begin in the big tent. The grace with which he has withdrawn...