Word: groupe
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...that time his thoughts were on music-on the sort that a small Jewish band had played on his father's estate when he was a child, on Russian folk themes which were forming the basis of the output of Balakvirev, Cui, Moussorgsky and Borodin, whose group he later joined. He even wrote music during his maritime period (he had always studied as much as his limited opportunities allowed) but it was uneven, unpolished. When he finally abandoned the navy, he studied unceasingly until he became an adept craftsman. It is related that he procured all kinds of instruments...
...medieval superstitions . . . are giving only lip service to the ideals of humility, simplicity and friendliness which are characteristic of Jesus. . . . Here and there one finds an exception where a courageous leader, such as Harry Emerson Fosdick, John Haynes Holmes or Rabbi Wise takes a public stand and rallies a group of like-minded folk about him. But we cannot afford to wait for enough great leaders to go around. Most of the work of the world has to be done by second and third raters, anyway, and we of the lower order should get busy for ourselves...
Thus last week spoke Dr. Christian Fichthorne Reisner, 57, energetic pastor of Manhattan's Broadway Temple (Methodist Episcopal), for the construction of which he raised $5,000,000. Dr. Reisner is chairman of the Church Advertising Group of the Advertising Club of New York; author of Church Publicity, Workable Plans for Wideawake Churches, Roosevelt's Religion. He once arranged to have Contralto Louise Homer sing, and Actor Fred Stone speak, to publicize his church...
...article again lays stress on intelligent preparation by the student during his college career for the field in which he is interested. To a large group there is a novel aspect in the notion that a high scholastic standing is more representative of the prospective job-holder's ability, so far as corporation executives are concerned, than a list of reference numbers after his name in the Harvard Register...
This fact recently came to light when in the Legislature a bill of repeal proposing to do away with the old law was sponsored by a group of clergymen, among whom was C.R. Skinner 17. Upon recommendation of the Judiciary Committee the House voted a withdrawal of the repeal bill and it is expected that the Senate will act in a like manner when the proposal is brought before it this afternoon...