Word: certain
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...truth, as a certain Harvard professor is wont to exclaim, probably lies somewhere in between. Both Mr. Conant and Mr. Williams place great stress on the individual as the proper unit to deal with--and if this test is adopted, then clearly the answer is not, either work or cash scholarships, but both. Some individuals undeniably benefit by the work experience, while others find it too heavy a drain on their energies. There are enough of each variety here to make it practical for Harvard to combine the two types of scholarships. Mr. Conant, by lending his sanction...
...debate that has occupied these last two days," declared Chamber Speaker Edouard Herriot amid an eager hush, "has enabled us to dissipate certain legends and establish the truth-the comforting truth. It has permitted the Premier to explain his course to us confidentially, in a manner that was simple and familiar and by that fact infinitely moving. It has finally permitted Parliament to play its full role. ... In two days there has been confirmed in decisive fashion our national unanimity which is inalienable because it is founded on liberty and the passionate love of country." The whole House rose...
...late Edward Stephen Harkness, heir to a Standard Oil fortune of at least $130,000,000, was a shy, quiet boy who studied earnestly, liked to ride, play golf, read detective stories. Yale gave Edward Harkness an interest in Egyptology, art and Shakespeare, a few great & good friends, certain loyalties to friends and college that were to shape a wondrous philanthropy...
...worth last year. But by last week Russian business was shocking U. S. sympathies with Finland, giving some U. S. exporters a bad conscience (see p. 16). One manufacturer called the American-Russian Chamber of Commerce in New York, announced he had decided not to bid on a certain contract, mentioned Finland. Challenged the Chamber: "Do you refuse to sell to a man because he beats his wife...
...appear to be a sloppy method of organization, in reality, are masterly examples of precise adaptation of style to subject matter. And it is equally absurd to criticize the Germanborn American on the basis of obscenity or vulgarity. Obscenity and vulgarity, in art at any rate, imply a certain amount of conscious effort on the part of the artist to be either obscene or vulgar; and indications of such a motive seem to be lacking in Grosz's work. Generally speaking, I would criticize Grosz on neither technical nor moral grounds; it can be admitted, however, that...