Word: standardism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Just as a sub-marginal industrial firm is forced out of business when a depression comes, so should sub-marginal colleges go by the board in these days when a sound education and well-developed minds are at a premium. Institutions which maintain a high standard should receive state and federal aid in the form of scholarships for young men who have the intellectual capacity to benefit from such education...
...lower tariff walls; 2) abolish quota restrictions; 3) stabilize currencies; 4) restore freedom of exchanges; 5) balance budgets. Having dropped in at the White House and made the rounds of Europe, M. van Zeeland picked five nations as the Great Powers most apt to take what he considers the standard brands of good advice...
...such cases free from suspicion of pauper stigma such as might possibly be involved if the cases had to be handled through municipal mortuaries." To "cases" recommended by clergy or social service executives, these morticians would for $85 provide the use of their parlors, personnel and equipment, a standard casket, and a grave. Graves at such a bargain price are possible, said Mr. Flynn, because many families have old ones waiting from more prosperous years, often the church donates one, and many estates have remnants of hallowed ground which heirs cannot use and therefore donate to charitable enterprises such...
...reporters, editorial writers, special writers. . . . It is the publishers who hold back a newspaper. . . . Because publishers want to make a lot of money so that their widows can leave a million dollars to send somebody back to Harvard. Hearst went to Harvard, and he couldn't elevate a standard if it was rigged up with pulleys...
...alive to recreate the ancient civilization of Egypt. Sir Flinders, 84, describes himself as "quite sound and normal." At 20, he wore a size 6½ hat. At 30, size 7 to 7½. At 40, size 7¼. At 50, size 7½. After he was 60 no standard size would...