Word: strengthens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Committee on Platforms and Policies of the Republican party is an innovation in party politics which Mr. Frank A. Vanderlip believes will serve to strengthen the Republican party and have a salutary influence on politics in general. Mr. Vanderlip is a member of this committee which was formed last January and which is now in active operation...
...commerce, the motor truck has opened up great territories to business by means of good roads. Like arteries these highways now pulse with the flow of commerce which feed and strengthen the life blood of the nation. Airplanes will extend by their swiftness of travel, these commercial territories,--requiring only terminal landing fields instead of the expensive communicating highways. This means of communication will increase real estate values, save huge sums where time is money, and will multiply one resource of that nation that intelligently develop...
...years ago the Boston Symphony Orchestra was generally conceded to be the best in the country. Now, no one would make such a claim for it. If Boston is to retain a place on the musical map of the United States it must strengthen its orchestra...
...accomplished), and with this wild hope they neglect to search themselves, see wherein they are weak where a course in mathematics would conduce to accuracy, a course in philosophy to a power of detachment, a course on Shakespeare to an understanding of human nature--in short, where study would strengthen them to meet the facts of life as they will have to be met day after day until death. A mind well disciplined and stripped of useless lumber should be the goal of a college education, and not an untrained intelligence staggering under a load or information never...
...ground on the question. Naturally a course on Russia at Harvard College will not dispel all the extremists, but it has two important contributions to make. It will show that the University has not been led away from academic investigation by the current exaggerations regarding "reds," and will thus strengthen its reputation for scientific and liberal thought. Furthermore, the beginning which is indicated by Professor Lord's course, if followed up here and at other colleges, will bring out facts about Russia which may help the nation to adopt an intelligent and effective policy towards that country during the next...