Word: viewpoints
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...older generation who are, to quote George Kaufman and Marc Connelly, "rocker bound"; who insist on their creaking mentality and absurd clinging to standards which they really never possessed. I'll admit that I do not care for the flapper grandmother; but the dignified preservation of a youthful viewpoint cannot be questioned. The wisdom of age combined with the enthusiasm of youth and a tolerance which is characteristic of no time of life but is, perhaps, a God-sent gift somewhat akin to second sight, is a state of bliss for anyone to contemplate...
Secretary Olivetti of the General Industry Federation commented: "The session shows a move toward tackling industrial problems from a purely Italian viewpoint. Hitherto Italy has been examined under the hypnotism of foreign Socialist ideas. Italy, lacking the raw materials and big capital of the United States, lacking Britain's organized industry and banking system, lacking France's colonial resources, must win the victory of industry by tenacity, work, intelligence and thrift, by which Italian manufacturers can conquer new markets...
...Prince is, however, famous or notorious, depending on the viewpoint, for his share in the killing of the so-called monk, Gregory Rasputin, on Dec. 23, 1916. During the past two months there have been three contributions of interest on the subject in Le Matin, Paris journal...
...with Booth Tarkington Julian (Leonard) Street left Manhattan and went to live in Princeton, where his young son attends college. He does not miss the clatter of town, he says. He enjoys being away from dinners and teas. He is fond of the undergraduate viewpoint. He finds that he can work better in comparatively rural surroundings. But, after all, Princeton is not inaccessible to the lights of Times Square, and last week Mr. Street came on to New York City to assist in the final cutting and revision of the cinema version of his novel, Eita Coventry, which William...
...Alley, in developing his thesis at the Union a few days ago, showed however that it is none the less a true one. The remotest nation cannot escape the issue. May I ask the hospitality of your columns to add to that stimulating address a comment from the viewpoint of an Englishman in Harvard? Those who heard them may perhaps be interested to learn to what extent Mr. Alley's remarks represent the trend of opinion in England. I am happy to believe that English feeling, strongly if vaguely among the workers, and quite markedly in University and other intellectual...