Word: take
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rhode Island's Senator Green implored Secretary Hull today to take whatever steps are necessary to get ex-President Benes into this country. Brown University has offered the statesman a professorship of international relations...
...Freshmen, Mikkola can only say, "it'll take a lot of work," and deplores the fact that only 19 Yardlings have reported, since with the exception of the last few meets of the season, the number of entrants isn't limited...
...that through destruction comes enlightenment. There are those who think it morally wrong for England to back down on her promises, who think it wrong for Germany to grab territory and peoples that do not belong to her. Undoubtedly, these, like so many acts of all countries, should not take place. But in a given situation a country like England must do what is most expedient and reasonable to prevent from doing what is more unmoral: take a positive part in the destruction of men and their civilization. Chamberlain is using reason against force...
...rather approves of the idea that the subject should contain more drudgery than interest. At a later time in discussing the minds of students, Dr. Lowell says they do not object to strict discipline in itself, particularly if they are responsible for the result. But he does not take into consideration the fact that it is only when a student is genuinely interested that he will drill and grind at a subject, otherwise he is apt to be merely a hard-working bore...
...Exams Take Toll...