Word: stressful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Questioned as to the widespread concern over crime in this country, Professor Glueck emphasized the experimental nature of the new curriculum. "I should like to stress," he said, "that no rash promises to 'discover the cause of crime' are being made. The Institute of Criminal Laws known that the crime problem is one of the most complex of all social problems and that it is absurd to expect 'immediate results' from any effort in this field. The public have too long been led to false expectations, and too many patent medicines have been peddled in this field...
...other literatures, yet if offers a splendid opportunity for those who chose to avail themselves of it. However, at the same time that the University through the generosity of Mr. Flagler, is creating a physical environment for the enjoyment of reading would it not be possible for greater stress to be laid on a knowledge of literature as a fundamental of education? The tutorial system although already burdened is an ideal channel for an education of this sort...
...view of the professional diplomat may be true, but to base a defamation of character upon this premise is inexcusable. The harm done Germany is infinitely greater by Bulow's memoirs than by Bethmann's statement. One was the honest admission of an honest man made under the stress of the hysteria of war. The other was a political criticism by a political man issued after bitter deliberation in time of peace...
Rattling Ships? The decks and super structures of such mighty ships as the Majestic and Leviathan rip slightly during heavy storms. William Hovgaard (Mass. Institute of Technology) advised marine engineers, who must figure tearing stress of storms, to use more rivets on their ships and to strengthen the corners of deck houses...
...Earthquakes of great force, such as the one which occurred in Nicaragua, are the result of great mountain-making movements, involving the forces of millions of tons of rocks. The cause of these movements is unknown, but it is believed that they are a form of reaction from previous stress...