Word: truisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...obliged to undergo compulsory military training. The matter is not one of pacifism or militarism now, despite the opinions of old die-hards". The point at issue is the right to shake off military requirements now that their raison d'etre has disappeared. And the right to assort this truism has been seriously infringed...
...discors there will spring up the tradition of railing against them as so much unnecessary inhibition, as so much of that traumatic stuff which Freud would assure us will bother the graduates for the remainder of his celibate or marital existence--chiefly the latter, for it is a sorry truism, known even to a Freshman, that man gives hostages to fortune in monogamy, and even in polygamy. . . . But we digress. What we meant to say was that in this communication to the CRIMSON we were only acting up to the tradition of lamenting the institution of divisional examinations for Seniors...
That American college students lack in public debate the ease of expression and the polished stage presence of English university men has been so often said that it has become a truism. And as a truism, it is likely to be accepted with characteristic indifference or resignation...
...truism," said Assistant Dean E. A. Whitney '17, former President of the CRIMSON, when asked what benefit he had derived from his CRIMSON experience yesterday, "that we go to college to learn. And we go to learn many things that are not to be found in books. Among others we must learn to make the best use of our time...
...survey is borne out by the Dodge figures for awarded building contracts. In October, the latter amounted to $410,000,000, which is 19% over the preceding September, and 14% over October, 1923. Rentals here in general held up fairly well. The landlord must, however, learn one important economic truism. He may hold up high prices for a while, without profit or at a loss to himself. But high prices encourage production, which sooner or later produces an unusable surplus, which in turn reduces prices again. The longer artificially high prices are sustained, the harder will be the eventual smash...