Word: sums
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Middle Ages a student occupied himself with every known department of learning. The sum of the world's wisdom was then but a fraction of the material which the student of today must master before he can be said to have made a beginning in even one branch of twentieth century learning. With the coming of the Renaissance men's minds were stimulated and enlivened by a multitude of new emotions and discoveries. The student strove for omniscience no less than the artist or the man of letters. Leonardo da Vinci was, in his day, as great a scientist...
BABE, the lowest order of KNOCKOUTS who are prevailed upon not to give opposing biddings at auctions, in consideration for a small sum and a certain quantity of beer. BABES exist in Baltimore, U. S., where they are known as blackguards and "rowdies...
Mustapha Kemal Pasha has disproved the adage, "Where is a Turk his own master?" by substituting the answer, "In Turkey! " for the usual retort, "In hell." These words sum up the fundamental characteristics of Kemal's policy. He stands today as the Emancipator of Turkey. He has lifted the people out of the slough of servile submission to alien authority, brought them to a realization of their inherent qualities and to an independence of thought and action...
Last week the Allies offered to let America share in the future payments received from Germany on an installment basis. The State Department accepted this offer in principle, but specified that the total sum of $250,000,000-the cost of the Rhine Army occupation-should be met in twelve annual payments...
...Binet, whose standard work, 'An Experimental Study of Intelligence' was published in 1903, was," the speaker said, "the pioneer in attempts to measure the mental capacities of man, and he first realized the fallacy of believing that an individual's intelligence was the sum of his separate abilities. As well might one suppose the beauty of a picture is the sum of the aesthetic effects of the separate lines and colors...