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Word: appealing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...highly spiced article of sure-fire appeal to a public which wants its college atmosphere belching fire and brimstone," say the Crimson editorial columns. Quite right; but Mr. Roberts' genial resume of Harvard life can hardly be at the same time "a shower of garbage loosed upon innocent victims." Nor is it exactly "lurid," nor yet a "diabolically clever masterpiece of caricature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 2/13/1929 | See Source »

...meat never more than once a week, but Britishers, for they gave the well-fed young man in two overcoats a thin tut loyal cheer. Cried a quavering old man: "Ay, ay, the dear lad's a champion!"?perhaps referring to the fact that the Prince's radio appeal at Christmastide brought in some $2,000,000 for mine-relief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: This is Ghastly! | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

...trying to appear indifferent when they are not, starving in Harvard Square hashhouses, and lying prostrate in idolatrous worship of the Great God Final Club. He takes a concluding paragraph to show that Harvard men are studious and passable. The result is a highly spiced article of sure-fire appeal to a public which wants its college atmosphere belching fire and brimstone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RASPBERRIES FOR HARVARD | 2/8/1929 | See Source »

Last week, as Assassin Jose de Leon Toral sat in his cell awaiting the Supreme Court's decision on his appeal, his desolate wife and almost-widow gave birth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Assassin's Babe | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...Taussig '79, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, and C. S. Joslyn '20, instructor in the Department of Economics, have been returned to the authors of the survey, according to information obtained yesterday. In a statement to a CRIMSON reporter, Professor Taussig said, "The amazing response to our appeal for information will enable us to make the most complete study of leadership in the business world that has ever been undertaken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TAUSSIG RECEIVES OVER 8000 REPLIES TO BUSINESS QUIZ | 1/29/1929 | See Source »

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