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...entire U. S. for volume of insurance in force. . . . Strong and well managed, it is a company which came through the terrible depression with "colors living." ... I am quite certain most of your readers had never heard of the Abraham Lincoln Life, a company practically unknown in comparison to the Lincoln National Life, as we transact business in 32 States and the Abraham Lincoln Life transacts business in but seven States. Due to the very careless way in which the story has been written it is but natural to suppose that many of your readers will think that ours...
Contrary to the College, the number of students in History, Government, and Economics is on the decline, with only 219 men enrolled, in comparison to the 278 of last year...
Professor Packard is a good teacher. There are discussions on the speeches which often provoke feeling debate. The work is not unreasonably hard. However, since the course is composed largely of upper-classmen whose greater experience may make you suffer by comparison with a corrcapounding influence on your grade you must possess some real interest in it. Mr. Packard's consent is required...
That afternoon at Birmingham, seat of rebellion against TVA, a crowd which jammed the railroad yards heard him call upon the populace, which voted solidly against public ownership of the city's light system year ago, to overrule "obstructionists, few in number in comparison with the whole population [who] are leaving no stone unturned to block and harass and to delay this great national program...
Chief critical interest in The Plough & the Stars was its comparison with Mr. O'Casey's fantastic Within the Gates, also playing in Manhattan (TIME, Nov. 5). Consensus of cooler heads was that O'Casey's earlier realism had cards and spades over his later flights into the realm of theatrical fancy...