Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...against this metalic and mechanical cacophony of American noise, stands the surprising loveliness of some of the scenes between Tom and Jane. If he has not yet the theatrical skill and wit of Lawson, Dos Passos, the author of "Three Soldiers," perhaps the most important American contribution to the literature of the Great War, shows a similar courage in his social satire, in his ironic juxtaposition of social conditions in the suffering of these central characters and the raucous shouts of the prosperity boosters, on the gong of the moon
...task of outlining a plan is one which requires more of selective than of imaginative skill. Oxford, with the tutor method the backbone, and lectures given purely for the benefit of those who desire to attend; Princeton, where the so-called preceptorial system has been set into the courses; Columbia, Swarthmore, and Smith, with the number of courses lowered and tutorial work increased, for those who are candidates for honors; these, together with certain experiments we find in several courses in Harvard exemplify most of the possible arrangements...
...small machine shop for debt. Just at that time, Henry Ford was hunting for a plant in which to manufacture his first cars. Shortly after, the Ford Motor Co. was formed. Ford owned about a fourth of its stock at first, and contributed his idea, plans and inventive skill. The Dodge brothers participated heavily, turning in to the new Company their motor experience as well as their shop. Executive experience was supplied by Mr. James Couzens (now a U. S. Senator), at that time a thrifty bookkeeper. All worked hard...
...cheap vehicle. Finally, in 1914, they retired from the Ford Motor Co., later cashing in their investment at a colossal profit, and set up for them- selves as the Dodge Brothers Automobile Co. In the higher-price car field, they at once encountered keen competition. Yet their experience, engineering skill and ability in marketing their product soon led to a second success even surpassing their part in the first...
...this statement is entirely wrong, if it means that graduates or student; of this college are quite often employed as paid drivers and are taught this kind of work at our institution. Some institutions for the deaf do teach automobile repairing. Many deaf people drive automobiles with safety and skill, many of them our own graduates. I understand a few of them have driven automobiles for hire; but, in our own institution, we do not encourage students to own automobiles, as we feel that it is too great a drain on their resources. Nor do we teach automobile repairing...