Word: suffering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...argued that a student does not begin to pay for his education at Harvard and that therefore he is not imposed upon under the present arrangement. But in all its expenses except salaries Harvard is experiencing a decided reduction. Faculty salaries should naturally be the last items to suffer, but the general scale of living has gradually been lowered and as soon as Harvard can adjust its budget to the new conditions the benefits derived from the reduced expenses should be turned to the advantage of the student. A lowering of room rents now seems imminent; it will...
Excerpt from Don Alfonso's manifesto, declared authentic by Count de Romanones, "Spaniards: For nearly a year I have suffered in silence as much as humanly possible and God alone knows that only a man born a Christian King and gentleman could know how to suffer such pain. . . . In raising my banner my intentions are not to divide but to unite all groups of Spaniards and I say to them: My flag is the same as always, red and yellow, and holy and blessed to which I pledged my life as did millions of Spaniards-a flag that goes...
...Among savages and more primitive peoples there is no waste of nervous energies since there are healthy outlets, but college students, failing to realize that the pleasure-seeking impulse dominates, suffer excruciating agonies and drive their only pleasure from the social life. Fully 75 per cent of undergraduates should not be enrolled. They have come to study because of pride or the fact that they think that college training is a necessity. Consequently their outlook is prejudiced toward studies before they arrive...
Since it is British, amusing and concerned with a love affair, There's Always Juliet will inevitably be compared with uproarious Private Lives. Less noisy than Noel Coward's play, There's Always Juliet should not suffer by the comparison...
...college. ... I don't want to burn the motors out. . . ." Despite these assurances, the crack milers who had beaten him so handily a year ago had no desire to try again last week. There were nine other entries but only two of them-runners whose prestige could suffer nothing by defeat-appeared for the start. It was not a race, hardly even an exhibition, though the ease with which Venzke loped around the track made his pace seem slower than it was. He finished in 4:15, with one of his competitors 40 yards, and the other...