Word: sociale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Tried out his new "throne," a handsomely carved, high-legged walnut chair specially designed to seat him at eye level with those who file by him at official handshaking functions. Terribly tiring are all White House receptions, but worst is the diplomatic reception, social high light of the Washington winter season. With the aid of the "Siege Perilous"-so dubbed by Washington wits-Franklin Roosevelt came paint-fresh through the exhausting ordeal...
...Chose for their 1940 president Phi Beta Kappa Prentis of Armstrong Cork. Said he: Businessmen "must recognize their historical mission as preservers of human liberty . . . eliminate unethical practices in their own enterprises ... be keenly conscious of the social significance of their day-by-day decisions ... be industrial statesmen rather than mere businessmen...
...publishers brought out 8,196 new titles. There were 1,060 new novels, 511 biographies and autobiographies, 984 titles in the field of belles-lettres which includes poetry, drama and criticism, 1,361 titles which come under the general head of politics, history, economics and social sciences. In this enormous mass of books -good, bad, ponderous, specialized, dull, exciting, original, confused, confusing-a jew stand head & shoulders above rivals in their respective fields. Some emerge from the year's crop by their wide popular appeal, a few because of their unquestionable literary or human significance. Outstanding titles...
Divinity School students are receiving increasing instruction in the social sciences and "clinical" training in institutions, Dean Sperry stated in his annual report, issued today...
...added work in the social sciences, in sociology, economics, and political theory. took the form of informal colloquies addressed by preachers known to have had first-hand experience in these fields in their parish work...