Word: applaud
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...competitive spirit, however, has changed. The two universities competed Saturday in what seemed a pure love for sport. There was none or the glamor of a great intercollegiate contest on Soldiers Field or Lake Carnegie. Our thoughts seem to have turned to more serious matters, but still we applaud such success as our teams have met and the spirit in which they played...
...ideals and because of their race, the Latin-American peoples are enthusiastic pro-Allies. When the United States refuses to fight for American capital in Mexico, but decides instead to fight for the principles of humanity and the rights of the small nations of Europe, the Latin-American peoples applaud enthusiastically. Such, they believe, is surely a determination worthy of the traditions of this country, and a policy in harmony with the ideals of all the people of America...
...unless we learn to generalize our specific experiences and consign to memory only the fundamental and basic principles essential to stimulate original enterprise. So long as we only speak what we have heard and write what we have read our mental efficiency is zero. Although we probably will always applaud, if not envy, the person having a memory of uncommon accuracy, yet, as Professor Neilson suggests, "the modern idea is that memory is not a store-house in which to place parcels not be used until taken out, but rather an incubator in which you place the eggs and from...
...home-made performances, they must overcome the prejudice against unpaid good acting. Those who scoff at the Dramatic Club, should give it a chance tomorrow night to prove what it can do. Those who came to hiss, will remain to applaud...
...members of the Union turned out in great numbers to applaud the victorious football team last evening, and completely filled the Living Room...