Word: spacing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Belgian francs in the Rhineland and the Ruhr. It was said that this step was taken in order to embroil the French and Belgian francs in the debacle of the mark. Perhaps it was a sincere effort to lighten the task of German printing presses which, in the space of two weeks, printed 308 quadrillions of paper marks...
...Wild Westcotts. For the space of two hours every evening the public is now privileged to follow the firecracker sputtering of the Westcott family in a new comedy of domestic infelicity. Anne Morrison, actress, is the author, and it is rather more than evident that Miss Morrison keeps an ear to the open window to catch her neighbors' squabbles. The chief merit in the play is the fierce joy you can derive by turning to Aunt Jane beside you and disturbing all within hearing distance with the obvious query: "Isn't that just like the Sullivans...
...ambit of the book, like space, seems unconfined. The main part, however, is devoted to a vigorous defence of the author's character, which has been much maligned by the French for weakness in dealing with treachery behind the lines. He terms all such niaiserie "legends" and proves that sedition in the Army had been cured by his pill before Clémenceau came on the scene. Following up the attack, he says that it was he and not Clémenceau who ordered the arrest of the most notorious traitors, notably Bolo Pasha...
Rembrandt occupied much space in the art news of the week, and in a way which may be calculated to counteract the damaging effect of Dr. John C. Van Dyke's recent book of criticism and reattribution entitled Rembrandt and His School (TIME...
...without waste of time, and in the second place, teachers with sufficient imagination and personality are hard to find. But the search for the latter is worth while, and under ideal conditions it should be possible to furnish the students what they require. The ideal conditions include money for space and equipment. The crowded state of most American high schools would be an unfortunate obstacle to the perfecting of the scheme in this country. But the plan, where it does not involve a meaningless kind of freedom, has great educational value, and the means may in time be worked...