Word: existence
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have political and social implications; it is becoming closely intertwined with the earth upon which we walk and the lives which we lead. Consequently, since art is in the process of adopting us, it is only fair that it adopt, to some extent, the ethical pattern within which we exist. Despite the fact that Epstein's interpretation of ADAM does not fit our own pattern of ethics, it still remains a solid contribution to the advancement of culture because of its thought-provoking nature. Art regains health and circulation after just such brisk intellectual rubdowns...
...their mask of holiness has been finally and effectively torn away from them. They can no longer make any pretenses to educational merit, for any tutoring of a reputable and legitimate nature can be done better and more cheaply by the University. They must openly admit that they exist for another and less honorable reason...
...confusion is rife among them as to exactly how they are affected by supposed economics and the educational policies underlying them. Perhaps the relations between the Administration and the Faculty are not yet of immediate concern to students, and they can watch that battlefield with remote interest. But questions exist as part of their daily classroom experience which are troublesome and unanswered...
...this one could be minimized into a quarrel over terms-in this case a grammarian's choice: the word "may" or the word "shall." Vandenberg helped draft the arms embargo clause for the Neutrality Act; in it he insisted that when a state of war was found to exist, the President "shall proclaim" an embargo on sales of arms to belligerents...
...spite of this they think that present U. S. tariffs on manufactured products should be higher (26.6%), lower (10.7%), the same (34.5%). Retailers are slightly more on the high side than manufacturers (for whose benefit tariffs are chiefly supposed to exist) and most strikingly big business is on the low side while small Business is on the high side. Among big manufacturers (over $50,000,000), 7.2% favor higher tariffs with or without qualifications, 32.1% favor lower tariffs with or without qualifications, 25% for no change; small (under $1,000,000) business votes 41.6% for higher tariffs, 9.9% for lower...