Word: investing
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Dates: during 1921-1921
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...need to be secure in order to be an idealist, and it is American idealism, its immense good nature, its simplicity, its readiness to believe as well of others as of itself, which is at the back of both these efforts to cure the world of one its most invest- erate vices, or at least to assuage the worst of its ills. The weakness of the League of Nations is that its methods are too rigid for easy working and its powers too slight for its needs. So America, which begat the League and then deserted it, set to work...
...first speaker of the evening, Professor Carver urged that sound business and paying investments were the best remedy for the unemployment situation. "It is mathematically demonstrable", he said, "that it is better for the unemployed for you to invest your money in productive enterprise rather then to give it away. Good business and good business alone is the only permanent cure for unemployment...
Shopping for a college elective should afford all the pleasures of commercial shopping. Look around a bit before you invest. Look over the goods on display. Surely no instructor will object to answering questions about the course he offers, or object to a silent auditor in his class. Sample the course before taking it. What do you think of the instructor? Can he give you a fresh point of view? Does his course offer good value to you? Of course it fits somebody--but does it fit you? Is it too elementary or too advanced...