Word: age
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Detroit had an average term of service of 16 months, compared with eleven for the Civil War and nine for the World War. A great many of them were regulars, and also large numbers were not in the Spanish War proper, being too young to successfully lie about their age in '98, but did get in the Army, Navy or "Volunteer Regulars" in 1899 or some time before July, 1902, when the Philippine Insurrection was finally and officially finished. All men you saw with bands on their hats showing service in any infantry regiment from the 26th to 49th...
Rhodes Scholars are appointed without examination on the basis of their record in school and college; candidates to be eligible must have completed at least their second year in college, be male unmarried citizens of the United States, and between 19 and 25 years of age on October 1, 1928. A candidate may apply either in the state in which he resides or the one in which he has received at least two years of his college education...
...from top to bottom. There is more opportunity for the novelist to draw on human consciousness. The English country-side particularly appeals to the author. In America everything is rough, ready, uncouth, forlorn, and dilapidated. There is a feeling that American civilization is only temporary, to which England's age and historic and literary tradition offer a striking contrast. That is why literary figures such as J. G. Fletcher, T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound have taken up their residence in England...
...obvious that in order to put the applicant in touch with a possible employer, the Bureau must have on file the information that prospective employers, will need. The age, experience, and even religion are all facts that the employer, and hence the Bureau, is entitled to know. There are others, but among these is hardly the budget of the employee, the amount of money he has in the bank, and where it came from. It may be argued that the Bureau is interested in the thrift of its proteges, and though this interest might be legitimate on the part...
...Student Vagabond, who was wont to wander in, and at times lend color to, the pages of the CRIMSON last year has ceased his travels and so to speak, settled down to a peaceful old age and taken up house keeping where he will no longer be constrained to brush away the dust from the diamond--an occupation which at times brought him close to the verge of mental pneumonia. In fact, the Vagabond has become quite domestic, and as a result, his son will this year wander about upon the father's business...