Word: affairs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...contest with the Morris High School of New York City was a one-sided affair, ending 54--0 with Yale on the long end. The Princeton Freshmen invaded New Haven two weeks ago with a threatening array of players, but the Elis proved too strong for them, and they were vanquished 13--7. Captain Webster of Yale, playing at tackle, gave a superb performance, while Ordway continued his dazzling backfield tactics...
...trees, which do more to make an attractive campus than anything else, can find no place about a skyscraper. At the very start, Pittsburgh cuts away all the subconscious beauty which plays such a great part in the memories of graduates. Education is made into a grim and businesslike affair, the very opposite of scholastic peace and meditation...
...satires will rouse the Spanish in defense of their liberties. For, after all, satire implies a considerable degree of intellect on the part of the reader, and can never be as successful with the masses as downright and obvious abuse. Nevertheless the world outside of Spain finds in the affair a hint of the days when literature had a dash of spiteful fire, and principles had not yet succeeded to the commercial urge. Bagaria will, perhaps, never attain to the immortality of Swift, but his is the honor of adding at least a bit of personal invective to an otherwise...
...because of their conjugal attachments to another man and their affection for a Spaniard, are unable to return the young aspirant's love. At least the audience seemed to be perfectly familiar with such a state of affairs, and laughed and smirked as only a thoroughly sophisticated audience can. Poor Tony chooses to moon over the affair and cherishes the memories of pleasant summer days spent with his beloved Rose at a cottage rented to her by his mother...
...whole affair was conducted as a burlesque on College politics...