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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Characterizing the loss by the Demoerats of several seats in the House and Senate as "a normal political phenomenon," Holcomber hold that any change contemplated in the traditional alignment of the parties before the vote could still be brought about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Holcombe Finds Republican Election Comeback Nothing but a 'Normal Political Phenomenon' at Mid-Term | 11/12/1938 | See Source »

...magnitude of Republican gains may surprise political observers still under the spell of the Roosevelt victory of 1936," the professor stated, "but should not be interpreted either as an unqualified rebuke to the Roosevelt leadership of the Democratic party or sure augury of greater Republican successes in 1940." Gains by the opposition party at the mid-term Congressional election are a normal political phenomenon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Holcombe Finds Republican Election Comeback Nothing but a 'Normal Political Phenomenon' at Mid-Term | 11/12/1938 | See Source »

Simplicity is the earmark of Sibelius's fifth symphony which concludes the program. Written in 1914 at a time when the world was still accustomed to flowery orchestration and full, high-sounding instrumentation, this symphony is the reverse, gaining effects through elimination rather than overcrowding. Yet his style is ever free in its movement, fitting into the classical forms, yet not restricted by them. The bustling introduction of the fourth movement, and the pianissimo before the glory of the end makes an overwhelming effect. Lawrence Gilman has said, "The finale is the crown of the work, and in many ways...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 11/12/1938 | See Source »

...those members of the Bourgeoisie who intend to dust off their full-dress clothes should leave them in dark clothes or, better still, sell them to those Jews who tragic in second-hand clothes," the Pepolo Di Trieste said...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 11/10/1938 | See Source »

...Every man has his ghost" is a slight over statement, but it still suggests a condition that exists in most colleges today and harasses the instructors who are correcting prepared essays. Ghost writing of all degrees, varying from outside assistance merely in organizing a paper all the way to the composition of a finished product with notes and all, done independently of the student, still prevails to a certain extend at Harvard, despite all efforts to blot it out. As long as it continues to exist, neither the long theses nor the short essays prepared outside of class will achieve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIND OVER MEMORY | 11/9/1938 | See Source »

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