Word: stress
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...dwelt principally on the fact that wealthy Americans too often spend their money in importing old paintings, often imitations, while they ought rather to encourage their own artists and the splendid enthusiasm with which young Americans are inspired. In Germany too much stress is laid on the value of older men, but in America the optimistic belief prevails that to competent youth should go positions of trust and honor...
...speech Captain Burr expressed his appreciation of the support afforded the team by the undergraduate body, and laid stress upon their taking matters into their own hands in the organization of the Student Council at a time when a curtailment of intercollegiate contests seemed imminent...
...afternoon. After a little preliminary signal practice and tackling the dummy the teams captained by Fish and Kennard, and those by Cutting and Brown lined up and played short ten or twelve minute periods, the ball changing hands frequently. Some of the new plays were tried out, but more stress was laid upon individual playing than on the general team work...
...sixty-second annual report of the Astronomical Observatory, lately issued, Professor Edward C. Pickering '65 lays especial stress on the late extension in the scope of publications, "the principal return of an astronomical observatory." This has been secured by the duplication of the recent gift of Mr. Charles S. Fairchild '65 of $5,000 by another donor. Professor Pickering also recommends an increase in the force of assistants for studying photographs and a new building for the astronomical library...
...press within the comparatively short space of less than four years, an unusual achievement for an enterprise of its kind. Upon the general editor has devolved the task of delimiting the scope of the various numbers and determining the different phases of the subject upon which greater or less stress should be placed; of selecting more than a score of authors to whom the compilation of the individual volumes has been entrusted; and of coordinating the whole into a homogeneous unit. Efforts to fuse together the handiwork of several literary craftsmen have not as a rule been wholly satisfactory...