Word: generous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...take it or leave it offer−and a surprisingly generous one−was made to Germany by the Allies last week, according to the press bureau of the German delegation to the second Dawes Committee in Paris (TIME, Jan 14 et seq.). Whereas under the Dawes Plan the Reich is scheduled to pay in reparations $595,000,000 yearly, the Germans said they had been offered...
...possible that not all agree on every item in the important undertaking which, because it is novel, is working out slowly, but the scheme as a whole is thoroughly acceptable. The graduates are almost unanimously favorable to it: at their meetings held since the announcement of Mr. Harkness's generous gift and in other places they have enthusiastically endorsed the plan, either formally or informally...
...many a year now have fashions been cruel to the heavy. With dress designers concentrating on eliminating all the differences between the shadow cast by a woman and the shadow cast by a barber's pole, women of generous poundage have been consistently unfortunate. Present fashion forecasts, it is true, predict that the straight line will this year make some concessions to the curve. But even such contours as may be established will probably be willowy rather than rotund, graceful rather than pronounced...
Devotees of modern literature at Harvard will welcome the generous gift of Mr. Morris Gray to Widener Library as a definite step toward the stimulation of interest in contemporary poetry in the College. Not only will the volumes purchased now and in the future fill a crying need to Widener and make a valuable audition to its shelves, but it is to be hoped the gift will aid in calling attention to the present neglect of contemporary literature by the Department of English...
...broad centre hall to the main staircase, or to the automatic elevator, which is nearer. On his left are guest rooms, furnished with tester beds, highboys, oldtime "wash-stands," rockers, clothes presses. On his right is the circular family sitting room, flushed with sunlight, a room with a generous fireplace, favorite easy chairs, favorite books, personal keepsakes-a warm home-like chamber...