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...structure of such size. First guess was that it might have been conceived to create a market for the stock of Hearst Consolidated Publications Inc., the $100,000,000 company which Mr. Hearst formed last year to take over eleven of his most profitable publishing enterprises. Others, pondering the scope of Mr. Hearst's interests, believed he was planning to go into the security business...
...this winter. Twice he had tried and failed to hold down Unemployment. His third attempt, he knew, will be judged at renomination time and sentenced or applauded at the subsequent election. Convinced that his relief formula of local self-help was sound, he set about enlarging its scope, enlisting Big Names to increase its prestige. No less than the rising tide of joblessness, he was combating a growing Congressional demand for direct Federal aid - for a Dole...
Chided Professor Seignobos, "Now, now! This alleged poisoning is beyond the scope of your thesis. Candidates for degrees must remain within the limits set by themselves...
Survey courses are intended to include in their wide scope brief outlines of many fields of study. History, economics, literature, sociology these are included in typical survey courses. The advantage expected was that narrow specialization would not lead to narrow knowledge. Survey courses were to provide background for understanding the social duties of each profession...
...University Cruise is limited to subjects which students can study to particular advantage while traveling. Courses in Comparative Government, Modern World History, Sociology, History and Appreciation of Art and Architecture, Economics, Geology, and the Literature of Europe and Asia are among those listed in the catalogue. In scope, method, number of class meetings, and other requirements, courses on the Cruise are similar to courses at land universities. Study trips in the countries visited constitute a part of the required work. Credit for courses satisfactorily completed by students on previous University World Cruises has been given by leading universities...