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...sympathizer with Soviet Russia and yet, in fairness to it, I wish to inquire whether you have any source of proof or good authority for the following statement (TIME, Dec. 19, p. 13, col. 1), ''The official Soviet reply was . . . flatly to deny that Izvestia speaks for the Government (which all Soviet newsorgans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 2, 1933 | 1/2/1933 | See Source »

...business the well-informed citizen would probably conclude that the biggest and boldest strides against the economic tide were those of Errett Lobban Cord who turned from highways to skyways in his restless effort to expand. The year proved that there was no such thing as a Depression-proof industry. Yet John Hartford's Great Atlantic & Pacific food stores, by holding the line, came closest to an exception...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Man of the Year, 1932 | 1/2/1933 | See Source »

...counsel does not cease with the proof of success. There is no question that the President's policy has rained the educational standards of the average man. But the founder attempts to delude neither himself nor his successor. The ideal embraced move than the improvement of the average; for were it to stop there, were there no means to encourage the full development of exceptional ability, mediocrity would be in inevitable character and ultimate frustration. President Lowell reiterates his plan for the foundation of the Society of Fellows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT | 12/21/1932 | See Source »

...case of Governor Murray, it may be said that the incident is another proof that he is miserably unfit for the position he holds. Governor Murray is a distinguished specimen of an all too frequent type of politician. Neither stupid nor unenlightened himself, he has not hesitated to pander on several pander on several occasions to the trivial and the vicious aspects of his electorate. This is not the first example of his interference in the affairs of the University of Oklahoma beyond the proper limits. His conduct while a possible nominee of the Democratic party was that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE OKLAHOMA EPISODE | 12/20/1932 | See Source »

...undergraduates would have little desire to probe such mysteries. But in concealing from view a matter in which students are intimately concerned and in which it is actually disinterested, the administration can hardly hope to quiet suspicion and ultimate outcries. To the average undergraduate mind, silence is the best proof that his interests have been disregarded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT | 12/19/1932 | See Source »

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