Word: advent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some, the advent of Miss Dorothy Gish to the legitimate stage is no doubt a great event. We would not go quite so far as to say that. But she does give what is on the whole a good performance. The blot on her scutcheon is that in spite of her acting she gives the impression of being about eight years older than the score the play calls...
...giggle water. As in the newest Dutch liner Statendam, the German fliers will have Tourist Third Class accommodation of a luxury not found in the First Class of many small and old eight-day boats. Today the fastest ship in the world is still the Mauretania but with the advent of the Bremen a new speed queen should reign on the Atlantic, at least until 1930. The largest German motor ship, M. S. St. Louis of the Hamburg-American Line, sailed from Hamburg on her maiden voyage to Manhattan, last week, tips the nautical scales at 16,750 tons...
Among those clerics who do not subscribe to the fund of brimstone heaped upon undergraduates, Dr. Henry Emerson Fosdick is conspicuous. For years the advent of Dr. Fosdick has caused a bull movement in the attendance figures of Appleton Chapel. To take Harvard as a university type, no stronger refutation of the current charges against the student apathy toward religion could be found...
...faithful attendants who have been frank and unfailing in their critical endeavors. The Jester has ever been on hand as an antidote to undue seriousness, the Journalist has agitated, attacked, and decried. But for measured debate, for lengthy review, and for thoughtful satire the opportunities have been limited. The advent here of the Advocate must be an occasion for congratulation to every Harvard...
Dartmouth's First Tally With the advent of the twentieth century, however, the situation changed materially, and for awhile Dartmouth maintained a precarious supremacy. The 1901 Dartmouth eleven was first to score against Harvard, securing 12 points, but bowing before its opponent...