Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sports. "The future of civilization," he said, "depends on the help and cooperation of the English speaking people. Water Hines Page in his letters has said 'The ignorance of peoples about each other is beyond all belief." If this is true, it is necessary to remove that irgnorance, a task which cannot be accomplished solely through propaganda...
...yellowest of modern journals finds a defender or an apologist in the person of Dr. James Lee, Dean of Journalism at New York University. Basing his argument on the unusual theory that the "wages of sin are publicity" Dr. Lee apparently suggests that such sheets perform the useful task of rewarding iniquity. No less startling is his opinion that "the more space that is devoted to an erring minister the finer the tribute to the clergy as a whole...
...remembered that some years ago Marjorie Rambeau met with her first great success in that violent melodrama, "The Eyes of Youth". Having at last seen the play without her charming presence, we wonder how she ever managed to do it. The task mush have been a great...
...wise to aid in the development by grants of huge subsidies. Since conditions are less favorable to extension of commercial air service in the United States of huge subsidies. Since conditions are less favorable to extension of commercial air service in the United States than in England, the task of stimulating progress falls even more directly on the government...
...promoting technical knowledge, and it was gratifying to read Postmaster New's announcement that on July first a permanent transcontinental air mail service will begin. Yet the plans for "safe" flying and low speed planes allow little opportunity for further pioneering in the development of the aircraft. The task of dangerous and costly, though vitally important, experimentation would seem to fall to the air departments of the army and navy. If Major Hensley's statement is correct that, "We are getting virtually no support from Congress in the way of new equipment," this duty can obviously not be performed...