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Word: shifts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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With the New Deal's emergency measures for recovery he would not quarrel. But because a nation's greatest moral, spiritual, economic and governmental change is involved in a shift in its fundamental social ideas, the big question remained: Does the New Deal represent such a shift? Said Herbert Hoover: "This is solely an issue. Honest men will treat it as such." Analyzing New Deal policies in currency, in finance, in agriculture he found such a change; a similar change in its insistence that the U. S. social system is outworn and in its tendency to increasing regimentation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Symbol | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Another change this week is the shift of Jimmy Redmon to the 121 pound class, but Ted Schoenberg will wrestle 128 again. At 135 Ray Stone managed to hold his own during the week's trials, and Thomas is all set to try to repeat his spectacular victory of last week...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: CHARGED WRESTLING LINEUP TO MEET TUFTS | 12/16/1939 | See Source »

...nervous excitement resulting from the "stiff" drive style is better. Goodman used to think so, and things like "Sing, Sing, Sing" resulted. But people soon tire of the constant pound of the style and grow sick of the dearth of ideas in the music. So Goodman is trying to shift his band to the other style. Whether he will succeed is a moot question...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 12/15/1939 | See Source »

There is a cast of 175, including 50 dancers, which is made up of "cafe society," laborers, shop girls, chorines, office workers, and others. Dominated by an overhanging replica of an El, the scenes shift from drawing-rooms to manholes, street corners, Central Park, bars, offices, and stores. Music and dancing fill some of these scenes in addition to those which are purely dramatic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dramatic Club Will Produce Latest Play December 14 to 16 | 12/6/1939 | See Source »

Although he finds The Committee of Eight's personnel recommendations generally excellent. Marshall H. Stone '23, associate professor of Mathematics, writing in this week's The Nation doubts the effects on undergraduate teaching of the downward shift in age-distribution in the permanent Faculty ranks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Critics of University's Administration Advise Increase in Faculty Democracy | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

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