Word: sphere
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Established but a few years ago the Pulitzer prizes have already won an esteem in the field of American letters similar to that commanded by the Nobel awards in the sphere of internation at scholarship. It is exceedingly gratifying therefore, that a member of the Harvard faculty has been announced as one of the winners. And the fact that Professor Mellwain has won the award on the basis of a treatise on the American Revolution--a subject which had apparently been exhausted by generations of American historians--is an added tribute to his scholarship. The compliment paid to a great...
...radio, land lines and submarine cables, has been tested on artificial cables in the laboratory. The electron vacuum tube is facilitating the new development; an undreamed-of degree of cable efficiency will be possible by amplification of received cable signals. Cable and radio telegraphy each have their natural sphere of utility and are not essentially in conflict...
...reality, he has every right to regard himself more seriously. The undergraduate feels that he does not count in the large world; and probably he doesn't. Whatever the graduate feels, it is obvious that whether he wants to or not he does count. His is the larger sphere of action and influence; and while he may feel that he is thus being unjustly discriminated against with no responsibility lifted from the shoulders of the undergraduate and laid heavily on his own, he is forced to realize that the distinction is not arbitrary...
Blow glass into a hollow sphere, kick it about like a football. Mould glass into a tumbler, heat it to the point where pieces of paper in the tumblers are charred, plunge it into cold water. These are tests which were withstood by recently discovered "unbreakable glass...
...upon its nationality. Nations arise from deep causes that well up in individuals possessing common spiritual qualities and ideals. Your people possess theirs and we possess ours." He disclaimed any intention of aggrandizement on the part of the U. S., or a desire to exercise "a sphere of influence." The reception was followed by a luncheon for the Embassy .staff, given by the President. Senor 'Obregon invited American correspondents to join, with the remark: "My table is not too good for representatives of the American press...