Word: ardent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Airman Harmon, monied amateur, is by no means unknown to persons less air-unconscious than Baron Cushendun. A contemporary of the Wrights, Curtis, Bleriot, Farman et al., and an ardent balloonist, he now lives in Paris where he attends to the affairs of the International League of Aviators. Most potent of these affairs is the annual presentation of the ornate Harmon trophy for achievement in aviation. Recent recipients of the trophy include...
...inspiration necessary to carry the light of their discoveries into the colleges from which they came. Distinctly evangelical at its birth, the conference has more recently come down to the practical plane of college life in general. At the present time, the purpose is, in the words of ardent supporters, "to provide a week given over to intelligent, broadminded, consideration of the part religion can play in the complex life of the undergraduate." With this in mind, eminent divines have wrestled moderately with science and religion, and attempted to determine the values and standards, which it is said, youth...
Shipstead−"His paucity of achievement, his colossal bombast, his lack of aggressiveness, his ardent playing of the political and social game, are a complete summary of the worth and role of the entire Progressive group, with exception of Norris...
...present dormitory system, many erroneous impressions as to the Utopian democracy of the House Plan will be swept away. The older graduates seem to be of the opinion that instead of a mature and natural social hierarchy Harvard College possesses a caste system. If some of the most ardent standard bearers of the reform ever have to live in the Houses, they will probably be disappointed to discover that proximity only exaggerates the branch between perfectly natural Harvard undergraduate social groups...
Since then Mme. Walska has been an ardent champion of the right of women to have legal residences separate from their husbands. Recently she went before the New York legislature with members of the National Women's party to advocate such a bill. Last week, the bill was voted on-and newspapers headlined "Walska's Pet Bill Passes." But it was Walska's pet bill in a deformed state. It gave New York women the right to establish separate legal residences for voting and office holding. For purposes of taxation they still...