Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...desire. The privilege would probably be little used, yet it would be of material assistance to scholarship and needy men, many of whom are exempt from the English requirement. Neither of these changes should entail any serious upheaval at University Hall, yet putting them into effect might help to smooth the rugged way to knowledge for a considerable number of conscientious...
After Birmingham. Since he got out of Harvard Law School where he was a protégé of Professor Felix Frankfurter, a smooth-browed young man named David Eli Lilienthal has spent most of ten years defending the public in Illinois and Wisconsin from the ogre of privately-owned utilities. The consuming public had been consistently appreciative of Mr. Lilienthal's efforts in its behalf until last month in Birmingham...
...ocean landing field such as the U. S. Public Works Administration has been asked to finance (at $30,000,000 for a chain of five between the U. S. and Europe),† the Westphalen is too small to allow planes to land on her deck. If the water is smooth it is a simple matter for the Westphalen-or any surface ship-to hoist a flying boat aboard. In rough weather this is dangerous as well as difficult. The Westphalen employs an ingenious system...
...M.I.T. honorary vice-chairman, and including: Samuel C. Prescott of M.I.T., active chairman; Arthur L. Townsend, also of M.I.T., active vice-chairman; and Kirtley F. Mather, of Harvard, secretary. These officers along with Arthur L. Endicott '94, Comptroller of Harvard University, are exerting every influence to make this a smooth and efficient meeting. Last spring Mr. Samuel Woodley, representative of the association from Washington, was here making arrangements for the convention...
...mantle" was threadbare and worn beyond recognition. If it had ever been Nijinsky's it had shrunk to a loincloth. Like Nijinsky, everyone wanted to know if Lifar could jump. He could and it was a pretty jump, but not impressively long or high. He could do smooth, floating arabesques. He leaped once into the air. did a picturesque wriggle and landed gracefully curled up on his side. But his dancing had little of the flowing, unbroken quality which made Nijinsky's seem like a logical supplement to the music. His choreography was banal, his company incompetent. Only...