Word: viewing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...often the Freshmen who arrive at Harvard, view the fame and importance of the University in an impersonal light, attributing them to the work of a highly paid personnel. They do not realize that Harvard has achieved its present position through the work and cooperation of every member of the University, students and officers alike; they fail to see that for the next four years the progress of the College will be to some extent dependent on them...
...President cannot in advance decline a renomination that may never be offered him. Just as obviously, with the world in such a turmoil as it is today outside of this continent, it cannot be forecast whether the American people would permit him to lay down his burden in view of possible eventualities...
...Greeks at one end and grandfather's favorite engravings at the other. The remarkable History of Art of Elie Faure, who died fortnight ago, actually a long, interpretative essay, left still undone the work of writing a factual history of art from an enlightened, modern point of view. This week a large, clear book by Critic Sheldon Cheney* seemed to fill the bill...
...immediate outlook for new capital financing is discouraging." To make it less so, the I.B.A. decided, is up to the Government. Though SECommissioner George C. Mathews cordially asked for co-operation and Chairman Frank R. McNinch of the Federal Communications Commission emphasized the orthodox New Deal point of view that business regulation is inevitable, the assembled bankers unanimously agreed with President Hall when he accused the undistributed profits tax and the capital gains tax of being the major hurdles in the path of future financing volume. Said he: "Something could be done by Congress about these two unsound methods...
...comes flowing in light and warm. See what I mean?'') Characters, sharply delineated at first, develop inconsistencies. The plot at times becomes foggy. Most readers will end the book a little baffled-feeling as if they had been shown a brisk bit of action, but forced to view it through pink-tinted ground glass...