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...first place, if one question is answered well enough there is not time to consider those following. On the other hand, to write upon both in such a limited space of time results in superficiality, the greater evil of the two. The final upshot is that the decision of whether the student has a thorough knowledge of his subject or else is merely slipping through on a wide but varied acquaintance with the questions rests upon the corrector, a situation that is distinctly unfortunate...
...charge of its financial reconstruction. Last week was added another feather in Harvard's economic cap: Oliver Mitchell Wentworth Sprague, Harvard graduate (1894), Converse professor of banking and finance, sailed quietly abroad to confer with Governor Montagu Collet Norman of the Bank of England. Expected upshot of the visit: Professor Sprague may become the liaison officer between the Bank of England and the German Reichsbank, the Bank of France, the U. S. Federal Reserve Bank, the Bank of International Settlement...
...became a famed actress also. Enraged, Actress Fedak responded by getting Melchior Lengyel, Hungary's second greatest playwright, to write a play with a role in which she could and did show herself superior to Actress Darvas. Outraged, Molnar wrote Mima and The Glass Slipper, both for Actress Darvas. Upshot: a divorce (Molnar v. Fedak) in which Lili Darvas figured as but one of 142 correspondents. Beautiful Darvas became a national idol, Molnar's third wife...
...Upshot. It was doubtful whether anything would result from all the congressional speeches and resolutions, if only because the Federal Reserve Board itself was believed to be aghast at the thought of its delicate and vital functions being subject to congressional disturbance at such a critical moment...
...World has long sought to reflect with brilliance. Fifteen years ago, while freelancing in .New York, he wrote an article for Harper's on the thesis that there were "Too Many Theaters." In gathering his material he had occasion to interview E. F. Albee, famed theatrical operator. The upshot of their talk was that Renaud went to Philadelphia for a while as manager of the Chestnut Street Opera House. He tried his hand at writing plays. Several were produced, including Betty Behave (Jane Cowl...