Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...centre of progressive journalism, and can therefore obtain the advice of almost any prominent metropolitan newspaper man. The Pulitzer bequest is to be used to start a school of journalism at Columbia along entirely new lines. These departments are not liable to the single criticism which is sometimes thrown at our business school: that it teaches a man to head a business, but does not help him much in the inkwell-cleaning job to which he usually falls heir when he graduates; for the courses in journalism not only teach a man to become an excellent editor-in-chief...
...seems likely that the law school stood with many boys prepared in private schools for the first thoroughly earnest intellectual effort. Not needing the monetary scholarships at college, they were satisfied with 'gentlemen's marks'; but, aroused by the call of professional ambition in the law school, they had thrown themselves into the work with enthusiasm...
...self-interest again and again conflicts with the public good. But apart from deliberate disregard for the public welfare by individuals, the present system of industry is continually breaking down from forces inherent in itself. For instance, when production is curtailed; when the shops shut down and people are thrown out of employment because of "over-production,"--because too much has been produced! What a paradox! Poverty caused by overabundance! And can a system of industry continue which inevitably divides society into two hostile classes whose struggle often breaks out into a state bordering on civil...
...name appearing in more than one application will cause both the applications in which it appears to be thrown out. It is understood that in making application a man pledges himself to abide by the allotment of the Committee...
...last comedy, "Permettez Madame." tells of the obstacles thrown in the way of two lovers, who, hindered by the obstinancy of their guardians, finally succeed in arranging their wedding...