Word: slights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Worthless." Secretary Wilbur's first step was to refuse to accept Field Chief Kelley's resignation and, instead, to suspend him. Mr. Kelley, slight, grey-haired, softspoken, has been a Federal employe for 25 years. Secretary Wilbur denounced his charges as "reckless and false," called him a "clerk." While Field Chief Kelley talked only of oil land sales, Secretary Wilbur confused the issue by talking chiefly of oil leases, none of which have been granted under the Hoover conservation policy. As to sales he said: "These oil shale lands aren't worth anything now. You couldn't sell a strip...
Because French farce tends to be almost entirely froufrou, the impression of the evening's entertainment is that both pieces are very slight and very stagy. But they are also very pleasant. The curtain-raiser, The Violet, is concerned with the trials of a theatrical casting director who becomes weary of the blandishments and caresses which shameless young women, seeking employment, lavish upon him. Changing places with his composer, he is astonished to find that Ilona Stobri (Ruth Gordon) is attracted to him rather than to the one whom she believes is the director. She gets...
...distribution requirements at Harvard present some slight limitations on the free choice of electives, but the wide selection left, after they have been filled, make possible a much more specialized program than could be called the "highest common factor." At Harvard it is assumed that this background has been obtained in secondary schools, and to insure this fact the entrance requirements are strictly specified and allow little latitude. The Harvard Freshman is supposed to be sufficiently mature to make "a wise choice" from the many directions which the college facilities offer...
...leave the shades of Sophia Smith with a parting admonition to the effect that the entertainment consists mostly of absorbing the cleverest, catchiest, and downright distinctive set of rules governing any herd of femmes congregated anywhere. To make the game a bit more interesting this writer will give a slight hint just to get the ball rolling, so to speak: Don't kick any bottles over. Penalty double in this case...
...percent, an increase of .6 percent over last year's figures, is followed by the Roman Catholic, 726 or 14.1 percent, Congregational, 537 or 10.4 percent: Presbyterian, 469 or 9.1 percent: Methodist, 431 or 8.4 percent, and Unitarian, 364 or 7.1 percent. Each of these groups shows a slight increase in actual number over last year's record...