Word: staticism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Since the U. S. has always been a rapidly growing country in constant need of capital, the prevailing interest rates here have practically always been higher than those of the older and more static countries of Europe. Usually London, as the former financial centre of the world, has been able to maintain the lowest money rates, while New York rates have ruled far above...
...Fundamentalist believes there is only one truth, that there never was or never will be any other truth but the Bible. We believe there is a growing evolving truth, and that there is no such thing as static truth. There is however such thing as developing through human experience, and the evolutionary hypothesis seems to be a very natural explanation of that...
...long as among the candidates for admission the percentage of good, average, and poor scholars remains approximately as at present. But it is worthy of note that no provision is made for a different future. Should the percentage of good average scholars rise, or should the percentage remain static and the number of well qualified candidates rise to a point beyond 1000 how would the College limit? From today's report nothing can be guessed on that score, and in a measure the program fails in farsightedness. Yet no doubt the framers of the plan were wise not to look...
Lollipop. Since the lollipop is a singularly static confection and insignificantly priced, its selection for titular symbolism in this musical comedy is open to criticism. With the exception of Runnin' Wild the production is the most uncompromisingly active show now exhibiting. It contains as aggressive a display of irrepressible dancing as does Dervish local No. 324 of Delhi...
...Hutchinson. Mr. Fox was unhappily hanicapped. The novel is largely theoretical. It conducts a polemic on the respective values for women of children or a career. Mr. Hutchinson loves children. He does it with literary conviction. His characters' reactions are largely psychological and therefore too often static on the screen...