Word: explainable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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What the uproar will seem like to those who have never come within the circle I do not know. To convey to them the quality of the devotion which his pupils feel is like trying to explain to one who never heard him the spell which Garrick cast upon his audience. For the Copey of his pupils is not to be found in works of art, in books that anyone may read, in contributions to knowledge which all can share. He is a teacher who has drawn out of a long succession of pupils whatever native gifts they...
After sketching the early history of the school and commenting on the difficulties confronting the public schools of the past and of today, the speaker went on to give the reasons which appeared to him to explain the school's having weathered the centuries without lowering its standards...
...that the social hierarchy is based on clothes, the Assembly last week declared that "to expose the person or the private parts thereof" in the presence of two or more persons of the opposite sex who are similarly unclothed shall be a misdemeanor." The proponents of the bill carefully explain that it does not prohibit nudity in the theater, since audiences are decently attired. Perhaps the law was suggested by Actors' Equity as protection from non-professional competition...
...There is an automatic counting device on it," said Dr. Lorge, going on to explain that he paid most of the rewards out of his own pocket, that an intellectual wizard once took...
...been trying to put Mr. Andrews on the carpet for certain options, contracts and other internal Hupp affairs. Finally it sent Mr. Andrews and his fellow officials an ominous invitation to appear "in the north end of the governing committee room'' in the Stock Exchange Building to explain some of the goings-on that the Exchange considers "unconscionable." Having a number of other worries and no desire to appear before a body which does not permit "defendants" benefit of counsel, Mr. Andrews regretted the invitation.' Last week the Exchange announced that it would apply to the Securities...