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...Meredith knew the value of the "mot juste" and have forced their readers to learn the value of the dictionary. When one starts out to enrich the vocabulary in this way the possibilities are limitless. See how a little diligence can improve the usual novel opening. "It was something akin to ataraxy that our heroine, aestivating amongst the alsike, observed that her apolaustie hero had come from abroad aristate". And these are only in the "A's". One must be more than an abecedarian to keep space of the times...
...place in the meet was J. A. McCarthy '22, who crossed the finish line in second place in the handicap half mile. McCarthy, who had a handicap of only ten yards had to pass nearly the whole field. He was closing in fast on the winner. D. A. Akin of Boston University, who had a 30-yard handicap when the race ended. B. R. Cutcheon '25, who had an 18-yard handicap came in fifth...
...much discussed treaty has been ratified by the Dail Eireann, and the Irish Free State has come into existence. The ghosts of a long line of Irish patriots should be laid, and something akin to permanent peace brought to the land of Killarney. The treaty embodies practically every point for which Irish orators and statesmen have labored since before the time of Gladstone, even down to an acceptable settlement of the status of Ulster...
...week was the one enacted yesterday in Sanders Theatre when Madame Curie was welcomed to Harvard. For her, perhaps, it was but one more reception, yet we like to think it had a peculiar significance to her. The spirit of the Puritans who founded our University must have been akin to that which has enabled her to give the world of science so much...
Treitschke proclaimed the doctrine that there can be no moral obligation superior to the national interest, and many Germans adopted his ideas in whole or in part. I think it may be argued that if this conception of the State, or something akin to it, had not been prevalent in Germany it would not have been possible for any men, however close to the source of authority, to have led Germany into the war. It may at least be urged that it was this attitude of mind which furnished the backing for the attempt to take advantage...