Word: standpoints
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gorman gives the impression of a writer trying hard to be just, but perhaps unconsciously viewing his subject from a fundamentally unsympathetic standpoint, and with a complacent assurance that the art and criticism of the moment are necessarily more worthy than the art and criticism which Longfellow felt to be best. No doubt we have left him far behind, but it is not always as easy to be sure of it as is Mr. Gorman. There is still room for more than one kind of mind in poetry. It is reasonable to disgree with the way in which Longfellow chose...
...term "Big Three" from an athletic standpoint is a joke. There are twenty institutions who could thrash any one of us three times out of five. But the traditional association and common heritage of these three institutions is a real and fine thing and no silly sophomore yellowness should be allowed to undermine it. Yours very truly, David Gray...
...monopoly is not the aim of the new institution. Chairman Lewis E. Pierson of the Irving Bank & Trust Co., who will be chairman of the merger, made that point clear: "While noteworthy from the standpoint of size, the chief importance of the merger will be placing at the service of customers an augmented banking power and facilities for world trade...
...unfortunate that our American make-up is such that we take sports so seriously. It is nevertheless an undoniable fact and we must face the truth its best we can. Considered from this standpoint the morale of the team and leading his men on the firing line are quite enough of a task without giving him the awful responsibility of making substitutions as well, and directing the strategy of the game in a manner that will be pleasing to 30,000 spectators, millions of newspaper readers and millions more of listeners on the radio. It is essential that an older...
...student opinion and interest could make possible the reopening of Memorial or the establishment of some similar dining-hall. To any graduate who used to eat at Memorial Hall at a club table with his friends, the passing of this college institution has seemed most lamentable. From a dietetic standpoint, its lapse from popularity has been a serious mistake...