Word: creationism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...train competent lawyers is, alone, a notable achievement. But the production of young members of the bar is only one of the activities going on over on the other side of the Yard. In such accomplishments as the creation of the Institute of Criminal Law which opens this fall can be seen the importance of the Law School in the general development of the American legal code. The completed Langdell Hall is a symbol of this increasingly distinguished side of the Law School...
...been overcome with remarkable skill and with daring energy. The planning vision of Dean Donham and the magnificent generosity of Mr. Baker have raised an edifice surpassing the dreams of those who assisted in its modest beginning. Indeed, to an outside observer, it seems to be an Aladdin-like creation--these stately buildings arising overnight from a swamp, this provision of every imaginable facility. And truly there has been a magic at work, a creative imagination embodying in material forms a spiritual force. The first donors, backing an un- formulated project, the many early helpers among business...
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Co., through a $50,000,000 subsidiary (Sinclair Auto Supply Co.) announced plans for the creation of a chain of monster service stations, to sell oil and gasoline in conjunction with everything else a motorist desires. From Davenport, Iowa, to Buffalo these stations will be scattered, each costing $100,000, $250,000 or even more. One of the first, in Cleveland, will cost $300,000 and extend through an entire block...
...Miss Lucy Hannon, general manager of the Ohio Equity Exchange Co., "only woman executive in coopera- tive marketing," named the new creation ?Farmers' National Grain Corp. Organized grain groups will subscribe to its stock, elect its directors and officials The corporation, thus privately owned, will buy grain from its members, sell it nationally to the best advantage. To it the Federal Farm Board will make operating advances from its $500,000,000 loan fund...
Wonder of Women (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). By thoughtful creation of character this film avoids being a restatement of one of the standard generalities about people with artistic temperament. It is adapted from Sudermann's The Wife of Stephen Tromholt and the outlines of the original story, even its tragic ending, have been intelligently adhered to. Lewis Stone is the composer who marries a poor widow with three children and who sticks to her in spite of his attraction to a younger woman. Peggy Wood is his wife. Stone leaves her once, then comes home, acknowledges his responsibility. Five years later...