Word: vital
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That chorus is the vital element of the show. All its girls appear quite talented, and are allowed an opportunity to imitate the principals, sometimes to the principals' benefit. Miss Dawn plays a violin cheerfully, as in the days of The Pink Lady, and vents her acting ability on several skits that besplatter the show. Author Paul Gerard Smith comes out of vaudeville with an itch to thrust satire at his audience. His travesties of The Hairy Ape, Ladies' Night and The Song and Dance Man will work no harm to Eugene O'Neill, Avery Hopwood and George M. Cohan...
...most vital part of any true university which is to be more than a mere vocational school is of course its undergraduate college, which offers a general education in the liberal arts; but this need not detract from the importance of the various graduate schools, or divert attention from the character of the specialized services which they render. In the present instance, to these who are responsible for the increased growth and influence of the Harvard Business School, are due the congratulations of all who realize the dependence of the country's economic health upon business success, and upon character...
...Such publication would be likely to become the basis of credit rating in the smaller businesses and the vital factor of character and reputation will be undermined by the tax return of any bad year, thus working grave injustice on firms undergoing momentary losses or those that are unavoidable in times of depression...
There is no doubt but that the "little red school-house" has been sadly over-rated, and that we have, as a nation, been taught facts rather than the more vital Life. Untold opportunities, have been thrown away in wasted logical energy although some few might be skeptical enough to assert that any sort of logic has long ceased to manifest itself in our schools. But skepticism will vanish before the alluring and signicant program laid out, and our children will grow to maturity with the blessing of knowing how to live life as it should be lived...
...important effect on the outcome of tomorrow's contests. The chances for a Harvard victory appear about 50-50 in both the University and Freshman meets. Whatever team wins, will do so with a margin of less than ten points, and consequently, every point will be of, the most vital importance...