Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Earl Browder, Secretary of the Communist Party of America will also address the rally, which is being held to give support to the Party's candidates in the coming elections...
...side of the ledger, restricted funds can be positive drawbacks to Harvard, either because they support projects which actually embarrass the University, or because the ends to which they are devoted are as useless as iron rhinoceri. On the other hand, mobile funds are necessary if Harvard is to play its part in educational and scientific progress. Under this second category comes a final point, that unrestricted grants are needed for an integration of higher learning...
...make possible research projects which need the cooperation of several fields. An excellent example is the Cabot Foundation for research in plant breeding, which gives Harvard a free hand and thus permits expenditure in several departments, including the Forest, Arnold Arboretum, and the Biological Laboratory. Moreover, unrestricted funds can support scholars, like the proposed University Professors, whose horizon is not limited to a single department, who can extend their activities over a number...
...Marie Antoinette," current offering at the University, splendid entertainment. Norma Shearer's characterization of the French queen, whose throne brings her only disillusionment, loneliness, and finally death itself, is touching if over-favorable in its presentation. Unfortunately Tyrone Power, Miss Shearer's leading man, does not give her the support she deserves. His portrayal of Court Fersen is un convincing; in the emotional heights of tender love scenes, he appears stiff and wooden. What the film suffers in this respect, however, is more than compensated for by Robert Morley in his role as Louis XVI. This young actor does...
...their frantic attempts to bait the independent vote, which amounts to 600,000, both candidates have sung loud the song of progressivism. Mr. Curley boasts the support of the A.F. of L. and other state labor groups and accuses his opponent of an anti-labor record as state representative from 1923 to 1928. Mr. Saltonstall defends himself by pointing to the bulk of progressive legislation enacted from 1928 to 1936, when he was Speaker of the House, and by claiming that the labor legislation he opposed previously was either unsound or beneficial to some favored bloc. These facts serve...