Word: weak
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...customs, speech, appearance. In addition, these outsiders might poach on the hunting ground, steal roots and fruits. Hence it was an act of merit to kill them. As the art of hunting improved and methods were found of storing food, famines diminished and the hordes grew larger. Small, weak hordes were exterminated. The increase in size and decrease in number of the groups continued. Today the groups are nations. But the primitive feeling of simple hostility to the stranger survives. If we understand this, and believe that nations are not the largest possible social units, we are "face to face...
...attempt to get back into the win column after last weekend's disastrous trip to Princeton, the Varsity tennis team will journey to Columbia tomorrow for a match with the supposedly weak New York netmen. The presence of both Jim Thackers, at number one, and Gordie Robertson at number 5, unable to participate in the Bengal match due to divisional, should boost the team considerably...
With an untried Crimson Varsity eight opening the racing season against a confident Tiger shell and a weak Tech outfit, today's Compton Cup races should offer a fair gauge of the seventh Harvard Varsity to be coached by Charlie Whiteside. Reports from the Tiger's anchorage indicate that they are not at all dismayed by their recent length-and-a-half defeat by Penn, nor have the changes made by Gordon Sikes during the last week, when Fenniger was moved up from the Jayvees to set the beat for the initial outfit, diminished their hopes one whit. They still...
Concentrators' comments on the faculty in the Department: Hill--amusing but choppy lecturer, good for elementary courses, authority on orchestration. Leichtentritt--lectures well, overemphasizes detail, an authority on opera. Davison--grand lecturer, expert in church music. Ballantine-- although weak as lecturer and tutor, authority on appreciation and form. Piston--his field composition, excellent lecturer and tutor for advanced men. Merritt--completely enthralled by music and thus inspiring and a good tutor, especially for more advanced men. Woodworth--excellent as glee club leader, not as strong as tutor. Ramseyer--excellent job as assistant in Music 4, best piano player in Department...
...picture was feeble but Shirley was a hit. Hollywood distrusts infant performers. They are likely to be greedy, temperamental, slow to learn and quick to outlive their value. Perplexed by what it regarded as a dubious blessing, Fox gave Shirley Temple a subsidiary role in a weak picture called Change of Heart. She scored another personal success. More worried than ever, Fox decided to let someone else find the answer, loaned her to Paramount to feature in Little Miss Marker. Fox took the hint, featured her in a picture called, to remind cinemaddicts who she was, Baby, Take...