Word: standing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Professor G. H. Palmer used to say, in discussing the Christian religion, that that was the one philosophy which affected every one of us and toward which all of us had to take a positive stand, either for or against. This same necessity is very nearly the case as regards the investment banking field as I doubt if there is a man who goes through Harvard College who at one time or another does not have it suggested to him that he enter the field of investment banking, or as it is perhaps better known--selling bonds. At a reunion...
...inducing them to block organization plans. But a bureaucrat ceases to be a bureaucrat once his resignation is in the President's hands. President Hoover explained that he did not purpose to accept these resignations-except where a minor official might be. deemed inessential or might attempt to stand in Efficiency's way. Aside from post masters, a President has about 3,000 appointive offices he may fill. President Hoover said he expected to make only "20 or 30'" changes...
...gloom, was thus cast over the Treasury-in voters' minds. The conservative conclusion could only be: If a deficit threatens, let us not change horses, i.e., political party control, in midstream. The President's announcement was also used as a fiscal hackamore to make Congress stand hitched...
...sharp contrast is a "Spring Landscape" by Segonzac, notable for its rugged and vigorous handling. The cool grays and vivid greens of the picture are particularly attractive. To grasp fully the charm of this heavily painted canvas it is necessary to stand as far from the picture as possible...
...student authorship, combined with the fact that it is to be directed within the club, takes the performance out of the class of an amateur company going through the routine mechanics of the professional stage. Further, the absence of semi-professional support in the cast forces the show to stand on its own feet and to make its appeal on its merits as a purely undergraduate endeavor...