Word: frees
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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That is how I came to read "Goodbye to Western Culture." Pure sensationalism" was not quite correct; that I soon saw. Still, the now venerable Norman Douglas, in this thoroughgoing balance of Western against Eastern ills, cannot be judged entirely free of a "will to sell," and in large numbers. To a reader who knows "South Wind" and "In the Beginning" the descent of this author to mere invective is distasteful, even though his thrusts are true and well-turned...
After he left, the meeting became a free trade demonstration, but Mr. Lloyd George is obviously tempted by the vote-getting possibilities of tariff proposals...
...weeks. Such a move would have been madness earlier in the week. But today was today. By a vote of 323 to 236 the Reichstag rejected Communist and Fascist motions censuring the Government. Next by a vote of 325 to 237 Herr Brüning was given a free hand with his budget-balancing program which involves a new $125,000,000 foreign loan (TIME, Oct. 13). Then came a setback. Amid extremist whoops the Reichstag voted 395 to 147 an amnesty to all political prisoners who have not actually attacked a member of the Government...
...police charged. In street after street their method was the same. A double line, stretching from wall to wall, rushed down the street at a run, rubber clubs flailing. Persons who "resisted" or could not get out of the way fast enough were arrested. Nearly all were set free as fast as dunder-headed policemen marched them before intelligent Berlin judges...
This is the first free concert of the year and will be open to all students of the University and the public as well. Students are advised to arrive early, as large numbers of outsiders usually attend these concerts. A number of other programs will follow during the year, including a group of concerts given every year by Arthur Whiting. Last year Harvard music lovers were able to hear the Stradivarius string quartet, among others...