Word: concerning
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...some time during his competition, almost every candidate has some experience which he never forgets. It may have to do with a backstage interview, or it may concern something of more general interest. A few years ago, a prospective editor discovered the mysterious theft of blueprints for the present new gymnasium, and spent hours inquiring at all police stations as to the identity of the man who had stolen these plans from the seat of a train between Wellesley and Boston...
Significance. The chief Democrats' truce offer was smart politics but it was also, conceivably, motivated by sincere concern for the condition of the country. Perhaps by coincidence or perhaps because the public felt reassured, prices on the New York Stock Exchange rose steadily for five consecutive days. As Republicans and Democrats both knew, the prime movers for any legislative gain that may be effected in the December- March session of Congress will be the insurgent Senate Republicans, who really are thought to desire an extra session of the 72nd Congress and who have the following legislative axes to grind...
...rumors rampant that it would recommend light wines & beer, that it would advise calling a Constitutional convention for considering Repeal, and above all that it was hastening its deliberations so as to present a report to the opening session of Congress on Dec. 1, the Wickersham Commission, object of concern to both Chairman Fess and Leader Linthicum. last week surprised Prohibition Director Amos Walter Wright Woodcock by summoning him. After hearing what he had to say, the Commission abruptly adjourned for ten days. This unexpected action forthwith was explained as an Administration measure to prevent Prohibition debate in the next...
...Bulletin, undergraduate publication of Barnard College, in its issue yesterday, advocated a campaign for publicity to inform the world that it was still an institution for the higher education of young women. A letter, addressed to the college, recently received from a sporting goods concern, was quoted as saying...
Armistice Day should mean more than parades and mild rejoicing. The haggling of past years has taught the world that the conflict of 1918 was not necessarily a war to end all wars. An estimate of the past is valuable only in as much as it stimulates concern for the future. The true significance of Armistice day will be felt only when the people will mingle the faded memory of a decade ago with an anixous thought for the years that are to come...