Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...propose a basis for a Ruhr peace settlement. The attitude of Italy and Belgium to the Ruhr question, combined with a visit of the Belgian Foreign Minister, M. Jaspar, to Milan, where he conferred with Mussolini, make the diplomatic smoke screen fairly transparent. It is the most unlikely thing in the world that the Belgian statesman came expressly from Brussels to exchange nonsensical urbanities with the Italian premier over an afternoon cup of tea. There was a reason, and it was to discuss the German peace proposition. The offer which Stinnes made to Mussolini, and which he discussed with Jaspar...
Yale wants to know the same thing. Not about Dartmouth, but about Yale. And Professor C. W. Mendell, Professor of Latin and Chairman of the Athletic Board of Control, leads off in The Yale Daily News with a succinct and persuasive statement. The object of a college education is culture. "Culture is not the finished product, much less the meretricious trappings of an inferior article serving to deceive the observer. Culture is fertilization. . . . True education must make fertile the intellectual and moral ground so that it can bear fruit in the proper season. To be more concrete, the real education...
...from advocates of the classical theory that rediscount rates should stand above open market rates, and partly from apprehensive speculators in a temporarily bear stock market. The opinion of the latter group can be disregarded. But that of the former is entitled to genuine consideration. Undoubtedly as a general thing the bank rate should be above the market rate, and undoubtedly just the opposite is the case today. It may be that the Reserve authorities' decision to leave rates unchanged has been to some extent shaped by political pressure from the agricultural interests against higher rates. Nevertheless, taking...
...best cast in town intensifying the brilliant bits in Philip Barry's comedy of marriage, art and the younger generation. Quite the smartest thing of the winter...
...style and characterization are fully adequate, which is much more than can be said of the average present-day story of murder and mystery. Of course from some aspects the whole thing is absurd, but then what really exciting tale of this kind...