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...have never seen so hard working a man in my life. From 9 in the morning until 9 at night is his usual stint. . . . Of course he receives the equivalent of $1,000,000 a year for 'sticking to his job,' but that barely pays his expenses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Moore's Impressions | 1/18/1926 | See Source »

...vaguely attractive on the program. To be sure, the tutor continues meeting them at stated intervals, but he is apt to make the duration of the conferences rather short and the interval between them rather long, while, conversely, to the abler students he gives of himself eagerly and without stint. Meanwhile, he soothes his conscience with the reflection that the average student, lacking intellectual individuality as he does, is not entitled to individual attention and must be dealt with in the mass, as one of many in a class room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEMOS WANTS TUTORS WORTHY OF THE NAME | 10/16/1925 | See Source »

...serious laborers for the better things of the Theatre. He is one of the few curators of the old things that are best. Therefore, when he brings back Othello, the honesty of his effort, the stimulation that such a play must give our stage is to be commended without stint. Granting, however, the sincerity and ambition of the effort, it must be said that Othello is in many places dull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 19, 1925 | 1/19/1925 | See Source »

...fight in South Dakota the most reckless and shameless use of money was made by the President, not only in hiring an army of orators, but in buying full-page advertisements in every paper in South Dakota and in utilizing circulation without stint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Booms | 4/7/1924 | See Source »

...limit of the Psalmist, you have not ceased to love justice and to point steadfastly toward wisdom. Where you have led, a nation follows. We greet you, then, speaking from the heart in words which through the generations have expressed the full measure of gratitude for service given without stint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OVERSEERS HONOR ELIOT IN GLOWING TESTIMONIAL | 3/21/1924 | See Source »

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