Word: stops
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...long cherished tradition is to be maintained there is urgent need for an infusion of new blood in this field. Reorganization to effect a more complete and systematic program for the development of a specialized style is necessary. A graduation of the courses would be an admirable stop. Then a student who had passed one course could be assured of further instruction if he so desired. The limiting of the labors of the overworked instructors would be brought about in a fair manner both to the student and to the instructor, and the student who desires advanced instruction in composition...
...gist of Mr. Hoover's remarks: he favored going back on a gold basis, paying 59? in gold to any holder of a devalued dollar. He argued that such action would reduce unemployment, give business a rush of confidence, stop the spread of "inflation poison" in the national blood...
...months ago on American Airlines. Month ago Jimmy Doolittle flew a Vultee to a new coast-to-coast transport record of 11 hr. 59 min. (TIME, Jan. 28). Last week an obscure American Airlines pilot named Leland S. Andrews climbed into the Doolittle Vultee at Los Angeles, streaked non-stop to Washington to deliver a box of orchids to Mrs. Roosevelt. After a 12-minute stopover he took off again, hopped to Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field in an hour, zoomed the runways and landed at Newark ten minutes later. Elapsed time: 11 hr. 34 min. 16 sec. Average...
...Father Kubelik appeared, at 54, as a stolid, hard worker, absorbed by his finger technique and a bow that moved woodenly. Son Raffael seemed to have more of the old Kubelik flare. His arms shot forth like serpents. His hair was so long and rebellious that he had to stop now and then to tuck it behind his ears. A concerto written by Father Kubelik was the climax of their performance. But no hearts fluttered...
...Smedley D. Butler was afterwards rebuked by the Navy Department for retailing in a public speech) that Mussolini was a hit-&-run driver, asserts that he was in the car when II Duce, going 90 m. p. h. around a sharp curve, ran over a child and refused to stop. The late silver-tongued Lord Balfour may well writhe in his grave at Author Vanderbilt's alleged quotation of him: "A war's a war and a fool's a fool and all that sort of rot, but a chap should not go around sinking the auxiliary...