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...developments in the United States since March 4, 1933, have placed increasing emphasis upon the functions of the national government. Nevertheless, within the framework of our constitutional system the state and local administrations continue to be of major importance. The result of decreasing interest in their workings has in too many cases simply retarded reform and fortified abuses in what has always been the weakest branch of our governmental system...
...time as the chief or one of his important deputies was sent on the perilous trip up a ten foot ladder in order to extinguish a smoldering rag on top of an awning at the Charles Restaurant. His was the delicate task of chopping out a part of the framework of the window without marring the much-dirtied glass two and a half inches below. He was assisted by kindly Fate and the crowd was able to return to their beds knowing that the city fathers were adequately protecting their lives and property...
From the pit the Philadelphia players gave the score all its eloquence. Conductor Fritz Reiner is a masterful Strauss conductor. His clean direct beat kept the framework exact but he brought out all Strauss's slyness, curved the melodies so that their beauty was bewitching. Said Critic Lawrence Oilman in the New York Herald Tribune: "There has not been heard in this country such an exfoliation of the beauty and the riant comedy of Strauss's irresistible score...
...system, as a system, is practically perfect, but the day when education can be imparted exclusively by a system has not yet arrived. An established framework is a necessity to every well organized course but it should have enough apertures to allow the student to get a view of the whole field which the course is supposed to cover...
...from our minds to consider Dictatorship as an ideal form of government," said worried Dr. Schuschnigg. He admitted that he might let some of the Socialist leaders jailed last winter go free. "We shall be glad later to consult the people and ask their advice within the framework of the Corporative State...