Word: towards
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Using "Mr Justice Black and the New Constitution" for his subject, Barnett praised Black on every occasion, especially commending his tolerance toward legislative and administrative action with regard to both state and federal agencies...
Mayor John W. Lyons announced yesterday that he would not accept President Conant's refusal to contribute voluntarily toward the finances of the community. A meeting of the special city committee was called for tomorrow...
...this exhibit we are brought face to face with the frank and unpretentious nature of real people, real feelings, and real situations. That most of the paintings were framed and hung by members of the Museum Class contributes not a little toward making the exhibit something more than a vapid supplement to an afternoon tea party. There is nothing in the whole collection reminiscent of the phrase "art for art's sake," that syrupy expression which connotes lack of sincerity: in short, lack of something to say. Therefore, those people who attend art exhibits because it is the thing...
...Walsh-Sweezy case that marked the turning point in the Union's increasing concentration on Harvard affairs, as it led the fight for the retention of the two young Economics instructors. Besides issuing a pamphlet denouncing the Administration's attitude toward the Social Sciences, the Union circulated a memorandum requesting a thorough investigation of the Walsh-Sweezy case...
...Union's growing strength is a guarantee that the voice of those most intimately concerned with undergraduate problems--the tutor, the section man, the assistant--will be increasingly heard in the councils of Harvard. That is not to say that henceforth all will work in harmony toward the same educational ends. Inevitably there will be clashes between an ancient and wealthy institution and a group of young teachers pressing for reform. But President Conant has at last opened his eyes to the value of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition...