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Despite the inherent difficulty of the study of the fundamentals of Economics and the special difficulties that result from the fact that the subject is bound up with problems of human psychology, concentration in the field must command the serious attention of Freshmen. Its cultural value, while not as patent as that of more esoteric activities, is attested by the fact that many teachers of Economics had their beginnings in other subjects. While one might dismiss as naturally biased the declaration by a leading economist that it is the "greatest cultural study," the fact remains that just as religion...
When the new House meets, the formality of electing its Speaker will occur. New York's Republican Snell will get about 117 votes. With 313 votes Democrat Rainey will be elevated to the rostrum to take legislative command of the New Deal...
Frederick the Great: "We command that the Jews in the smaller towns, especially those which lie in the country, and which can be harmed most by Jews, be sent away...
...return the bow to its owner and even to promise to take him home to Greece. His kindness almost breaks down the resolve of Philoctetes, but the latter remains firm until his apotheosized friend Heracles appears as deus ex machine to bid Philoctetes go to Troy as the command of the gods. So Sophocles satisfied his own principle of the invincible will and at the same time followed the legend. Even in the evening of his days, which must have been shadowed by the approaching ruin of Athens, he could draw with a sure hand the hero embittered by suffering...
...rumbled his deep bass laugh at the point-blank query whether he might not even yet sell out to Japan. "I will resist the Japanese." said he when he had had his laugh "with all the troops nd resources at my command...