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Word: vitality (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...said Justice James Clark McReynolds, "one of the most detached, most solitary, least worldly men in public life," when a majority of his fellows of the U. S. Supreme Court upheld the power of the President to remove post-masters and other statutory Federal officials. This vital decision was made last week in a suit brought by the late Frank S. Myers to recover back pay for the full period of his appointment as Portland, Ore., Postmaster. President Wilson had removed him without a hearing and without the consent of the Senate. The Court said last week that he could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUPREME COURT: Vital Decision | 11/1/1926 | See Source »

...Influence of Extra-Curricula Activities upon College Life, The Place of Athletics in Education. Nor are these subjects which fail either in suggestiveness or practicality. If the undergraduate is to share in the development of his own institution of learning in a same and constructive fashion, these are topics vital to his interests...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FEDERATION CONGRESS | 11/1/1926 | See Source »

...Secretary of the Treasury, called upon Senator Norris to go back home, to leave Keystoners to attend to their own business. Democrats deemed this a very weak retort from such an able man as Mr. Mellon to such a keen debater as Senator Norris, on such a vital subject as "corruption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: In Pennsylvania | 10/25/1926 | See Source »

...most effective public health officer in the U. S. is widely conceded to be Dr. Matthias Nicoll Jr., Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health. His disease prevention work is excellent, his vital statistics are laudably complete. He uses the radio (General Electric Station WGY) for health talks such as "The Spitting Nuisance" of last week. Little that affects public health escapes him, whether it be milk supply, water pollution, or infectious and contagious diseases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Public Health | 10/25/1926 | See Source »

...Whether a man drinks or a girl smokes-may be good news stuff, especially if either is of the privileged class which is allowed four years at a college or university. It may even concern teachers of morals and preachers of good taste, though not necessarily. It does not vitally concern the American college. Who is best fitted to receive a college education? What is a college education? These are vital questions and ones which, in whatever way would be helpful, the college undergraduate, the faculty member, the administrator, should attempt to answer, should at least study. All the other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ERRATA | 10/19/1926 | See Source »

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