Word: uses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...them, they might lessen the burden by more efficient administration of the library. It is inconvenient enough to be obliged to wait for books during the hours that the library is open, without being hampered by the further stringent regulations in force at Fogg. There one finds the use of books outside the Reading Room verboten. In the case of volumes of prints, some slight cause exists in the possibility of damage in transit; but for ordinary textbooks there is no reason for not having the same opportunity of taking books to one's room as in the other departments...
...would be pleased to receive a copy of the memorial to Briton Hadden. I want it for the boys in whose hands I can place it-the story of a boy in our own age who, to use Dr. Fosdick's phrase, was ''carried outside himself by something greater than himself to which he gave himself...
...shaft in quest of buried facts, the President plotted his operation cautiously. Six or nine worthy men had first to be found, men without passion or prejudice on prohibition. Their descent must be well charted-where to break ground, how far down to go, what machinery to use to bring up the ugly ore of crime...
Very politely the War Department called to Gen. Bullard's attention Special Order 600-10, June 30, 1925, which reads: "Officers of the Army will not use or permit to be used their military titles in connection with commercial enterprises of any kind...
...exponent of Cubism before 1914, is represented by a "Still Life". Here the predominating tones are black, green and red. The composition, geometric in character, reveals the profitable influence of Cubistic training without being dominated by this school. The artist achieves here a powerful effect by the use of strong outlines which emphasize the objects...