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Word: statements (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...issue of March 20, TIME refers to Glenn Cunningham as "the world's greatest miler." In view of the fact that Wooderson of England holds the record which is recognized by the International Amateur Athletic Federation, how can this statement be considered correct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 17, 1939 | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

...Prosser's speech was as frank and complete a statement of the vocational view of education as could be found, but a gloomy picture of the future of democracy is painted by his sturdy, scientific facing of the facts. His realism frankly admits that the mass of humanity cannot be decorated much, and in meeting the problem of unemployable youth he would at least make them skillful drones during the incubation period. "Now, and not at some indefinite time to come, education should be integrated with life and kept integrated for all time to come," Dr. Prosser stated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STREAMLINER | 4/15/1939 | See Source »

...noted comedienne explained, "I guess that may sound a bit 'screwy' to you, young man, but my son wants to attend Harvard after his graduation from Harrow, which fact, I believe, takes the kick out of my statement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beatrice Lillie Finds Career Packed With Fun; Every Curtain An Event | 4/14/1939 | See Source »

Dean Hanford recommended student participation in the H-Y-P Conference on Public Affairs as "a unique opportunity," in a statement yesterday, and called his own part in the 1937 conference "one of the most valuable experiences in my work as a teacher of Government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Handford Urges Students Join H--P Table Discussion Groups For Grasp of Current Problems | 4/14/1939 | See Source »

With hardly enough meat in it to support a Chiahuahua puppy, the recently issued report of the Student Council is a singularly uninspired document. For the most part, its recommendations read like a statement of pre-existing fact. Such suggestions as "definite preference" for Junior and Senior applicants, or "distinct preference" for Dean's List men are already enrolled in the battery of criteria which other House Masters keep ion mind. If the Council were to be so signally honored as to have its report adopted in toto by the Master, there would probably be little if any actual change...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEEP SOUTH | 4/13/1939 | See Source »

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