Word: statements
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Essentially two stories (in the picture, as in fact, Juárez and Maximilian never meet), Juárez is unified by its democratic theme, of which it is a picturesque and moving statement. Not a rich pageant of Central American guerrillas and gaiety like Viva Villa!, nor as searching a personal portrait as The Life of Emile Zola, it has moments as gay and as revealing as either. Actor Muni has never been so impressive as he is in outfacing an armed camp of rebels; Actress Davis' mad scene is real cinematic excitement. And for Warners' star...
That tutoring schools are "a symptom and not a cause" is the epigram originally tossed into circulation by the Monthly and now substantiated by careful logic in the lead article of the latest Progressive. The statement is true. It is correct that examinations which require little more than cramming encourage the existence of tutoring schools. But it is doubtful that an attack on the examination system would supply a solution immediate enough to meet such a pressing problem...
...This statement conveys, no doubt unintentionally, an incorrect and unfortunate impression. Mr. Tapp was in no sense "shelved" on the contrary he was a most intelligent and capable man who resigned voluntarily to go into private business. I know that TIME would not want to have its statements reflect unfairly on any individual and I am, therefore, suggesting that you publish this note in justice to Mr. Tapp...
When Secretary Ickes made his statement which has been repeated several times, must have had available the official report the Federal Trade Commission (U. S. Senate Document 92, Parts 10-16, Exhibits), which on pp. 773 to 780 reproduced correspondence between the International Paper Co. and me. In every case my letters to this company were addressed to the International Paper Co. and every communication from this concern was signed by the International [Paper] Co. There was never in this correspondence the use of the word "Power...
...recent months the Irish Republican Army has terrorized England with many a bombing. Last week the Roman Catholic hierarchy of England and Wales unlimbered its biggest gun against the I.R. A.-threat of excommunication. In a statement read in all Catholic churches in Britain, the hierarchy declared: "Among the causes of the present unrest are workings of certain secret societies. The church sternly condemns all societies which plot against the church or state. They are guilty of crime against human society. Members of such secret societies incur excommunication...