Word: stimulus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...every recent year in the U. S. educational world some university or college in response to the stimulus of public opinion has raised the salaries of the faculty...
...graduate students the mere contact with professors who are doing valuable research work may be sufficient stimulus, but an undergraduate feels the need of an interesting presentation from a man who is whole-heartedly devoted to the work of imparting to others the enthusiasm which he feels in his subject. Many of my professors have prefaced their courses with the remark: 'I consider the lectures of this course of little or no value,' and unfortunately the statement has too often proved true...
Eyes glistened, mouths watered, as C. J. Sutphen, pickle premier, secretary of the national association, proclaimed: "Garnished with crisp celery and olives and covered with cracked ice, pickles have held the rank of first of the American hors d'oeuvres. The most jaded of appetites respond to the stimulus of the pickle." Comparing notes, jubilant picklepackers reported mounting sales, renewed popularity of pickles, plain and fancy, sweet and sour, dill, warted...
...display line. In addition there will be awards offered for the most effective use of text, of pictorial ilustration, and of typography. The award for the best advertising research has been discontinued because of the belief of the University authorities that this award had not been a stimulus for more effective research work. The prize for the best combination use of text and illustration has also been discontinued...
...recommendation voted by the Corporation as a settlement of the Stadium question is a compromise, with concessions to two opposing parties. Critics of the proposed enlargement will find in the enclosure of the open end of the Stadium no alarming stimulus to huger crowds and to overemphasis of football beyond its proper sphere. There will be a slight gain in seating capacity to satisfy the advocates of progress along sport lines, and at all events the plan will insure a certain permanence of the status of the Stadium infinitely preferable to the old haphazard system of temporary stands...