Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pause for reflection is vital," says Mrs. Jo. "Achieve that and the unfortunate woman generally saves herself. The thing is to ease their hysteria, if only for a few hours, and get them away from hysterical friends. We do this in simple little establishments called Wait-a-Bits. These we have established in both Japan and Chosen (Korea) and soon we will have Wait-a-Bits in Manchukuo...
...importance in the community, no matter what sort of social order we may have. ... It is conceivable that a type of society might arise in which there would be great material prosperity and a highly developed technology but no spiritual and intellectual freedom. Under such stifling conditions all vital interest in art and literature would fade and enthusiasm for pure thought would vanish; what would remain would be a barbarism which all the radios and automobiles and skyscrapers in the world would not conceal. In such a desert, the applied scientists, essential for a smooth operation of the complex mechanism...
...into scraps of paper to be blown hither & thither by any political wind. But if the Court should decide to uphold the gold clauses, the reaction ot the country against the Court would be indeed serious. In the heat of partisanship a Constitutional Amendment might be passed that would vitally impair the Court's usefulness. The Justices were not ignorant of these facts. But their job is to follow the law as they see it, not the election returns. For the convenience of the country, if not the Court, a majority of the Justices would doubtless be glad...
...onlooker hating violence, Yuan plays no vital part in the revolution that brought Chiang Kai-shek to Nanking. Mrs. Buck's faintly archaic Biblical rhythms, so well-adapted to the peasant and patriarchal life of an older China, falter when she tries to suggest the clutter of the coastal cities and the amazement of a young Chinese in the U. S. Her style has been compared by her more enthusiastic followers to the prose of the King James Bible. Critic Stark Young has attempted to put the quietus to this claim by printing some of Pearl Buck and some...
...municipal government. The Bureau of Research in Municipal Government was at that time internationally famous. Students were gathered here under the leadership of William Bennett Monroe for investigation in this field. Of late, however, conditions have been different. The Bureau still exists, but it is no longer a vital force in practical affairs. Professor Monroe has removed to California and his position has remained unfilled. Some courses in the field, it is true, are given by Dean Hanford, but his administrative duties necessarily limit his efforts in this direction. From time to time visiting professors have attempting to fill...