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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...change is probably not great enough to warrant the prediction, not an uncommon one now, that a period of romanticism will follow very shortly. It seems logical that a reaction should come after such a drastic trimming down of musical style as we saw in many composers after the War, but if the present classical sentiment persists, it should be enough in itself to hold within bounds a tendency toward the looseness and freedom of real romanticism...
...Take the High Road is capable of interesting a far more general, more sedentary audience than those whose interest in flying is already active. For Author Langewiesche has an uncommon talent for conveying, not merely describing, physical sensations. He is, moreover, both as airman and writer, a skilled amateur, with the wisdom never to desert his amateur standing. Of the 25 photographs, most are well above the shoddy average for book illustration, a few are magically good...
Probably these systems are not uncommon in the universe, but have been hidden from man through difficulty of observation, Professor Shapley said...
Educators usually go to conventions to listen to educators, but last week 2,000 members of the New York State Vocational Association gathered in Manhattan to listen to businessmen. Their program was entitled: "The Employer Speaks to Vocational Teachers." The convention proved to be unconventional. Most uncommon thing about it was a Mr. Jones, whose views on education, common to many a hardheaded businessman, shocked the 2,000 vocationalists...
...also accused of arranging for Sisto Financial Corp. (which he controlled and which has 225 outside stockholders) to buy 1,000 shares of its stock from him at $23 a share about the same time he bought them for $15.12⅛. This sort of thing was not uncommon in the easy-going twenties. But last week SEC, District Attorney Dewey and State Attorney General Bennett launched investigations into possible criminal angles. Said Broker Sisto: "In my opinion my conduct was in all respects proper...