Word: stronger
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hundred and fifty students from 40 countries are now enrolled in the register of Phillips Brooks House, of which the majority are graduate students. Members of the council have a much stronger sense of politics than native-born Americans and enter into the discussions with greater zeal and interest, as has been evident from the discussion of minority issues, the British Foreign Policy, and the Manchurian situation, which the Council has treated in the last three meetings...
This brings into stronger relief the most important feature of the present situation, namely that the vital issue up to the world now is to decide whether it can stand by and watch Japan use war as an instrument of policy in direct violation of her international obligations. This question is discussed in a letter in today's CRIMSON, the main argument of which the CRIMSON approves heartily. The problem has become a much broader one than the mere determination of the justice of Japan's grievance, and it is unquestionably up to the powers acting in cooperation to take...
...Warm Springs, Ga. One young paralytic had braved its mosquito-plagued country hotel, bathed in its warm mineral waters and partially regained the use of his legs. Mr. Roosevelt went there first in 1924. After churning about in the pool, he found that his leg muscles felt a little stronger. Thereafter Warm Springs became his great hobby. He spent a large part of his personal fortune on developing the place into a sanatorium. Edsel Ford gave an enclosed pool, others contributed to make Warm Springs a permanent institution. Swimming at Warm Springs several months each year and special exercises...
There seems an even stronger probability that, for the community as a whole, intellectual work at college among the best students will prove a good investment. Superior mental calibre is certainly demanded of leaders in government and economics today. In addition to an immense mass of information, they should have well-considered opinions on fundamental principles. Their collegiate training ought surely to have demanded considerable intellectual maturity...
...boys had their notoriety, but the spotlight was the mayor's whenever he wanted it. His character interpreted the momentary character of the city, and if the finances went to pieces in the meantime, he was still a sufficient symbol. When he finally lost, not to a stronger candidate so much as to a bigger machine, somebody had stolen the props from the structure of government, but the show had been a grand...