Word: tend
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...given to it all of the time he intends to put on study. The reason for this is that years of experience have shown that the regular course, which in most cases meets five times a week, is sufficient to absorb the student's attention, whereas two courses tend to keep his work below a good standard in both courses. Two, however, may be taken, but no student may count toward a degree more than two, which is equivalent to one full course in the College...
...total of 358,000 immigrants allowed by law, approximately 200,000 will come from northern and western Europe. Of the 200,000, 177,000 have already arrived. These immigrants the commissioner regards as superior because they are racially similar to the original stock of the country, because they tend more than southern Europeans to become citizens, because their assimilation is easier...
However, when our journalistic art comes of age (which there are signs that it is already beginning to do) it will no doubt take an entirely different form from that of France. French cartoons tend to make the observer wince or smile, the American to make him laugh or frown. Forain is of the first type of French cartoonist; sombre, mordant, much wit and little humor...
have always wanted to visit America, and now it seems as though I shall realize my hope. I do not want my visit to be a hurried one. I in-tend to see the States from coast to coast...
Miss Anne Hamilton and Harry Bond carry off the leading roles with their usual skill, although at times the dialogues tend to drag. Mrs. Hibbard adds a touch of comedy but is handicapped by a rather cumbersome part...