Word: answering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...regular subscriber to TIME, money is top hard to get; but I read it very often in the libraries. I have read much of Mr. Epstein and his views of life. Last week I read his letter about golf; his answer to Mr. Blake who has never bowled but yet who challenges Mr. Epstein to a comparative contest in golf and bowling. Since Mr. Epstein has played golf and is therefore not eligible, I wonder if he would back me in the 810 wager against Mr. Blake. I have never played golf, but I have often read...
...time and once every month thereafter for an hour's discussion of topics of international importance. The discussions will be limited strictly to one hour, each delegate being allowed to speak for two minutes at a time. An authority on the subject discussed will preside over the assembly and answer questions. The topic for each meeting will be announced at the preceding...
...moonlight encounter between his Bon Homme Richard and the British ship-of-war Serapis; an encounter which began when the British captain, Pearson, cried: " 'What ship is that?' From the Richard came the reply: 'I can't hear what you say.' 'Answer at once,' shouted Captain Pearson, 'or I shall fire.' . . . The Richard's bo'sun leaned out of a port. 'Fire, and be damned to you.' " For a long time guns flashed in the night and the great dark sails, punched by cannon balls, slipped down...
...naturalized American citizens, there will be a large group from which to select the delegates. This league will meet once a month to discuss topics of international importance. At each meeting some professor or other authority will lead the discussion, give a 15-minute talk, and answer questions. At the close of each session a vote will be taken embodying the opinion of the council on the subject discussed...
...answer is absurdly simple. No man seeking a definite information or wishing to school himself in some hitherto unknown branch of knowledge should rely on the Vagabond's tutelage. The Vagabond scarcely pretends to act as a substitute for the distributional system. What he has to offer is of a cosmopolitan nature in that it is composed of foreign elements, the filling of gaps in student ignorance is beyond the scope of mere vagabondage...