Word: aspects
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...murderous wrestler who twists his head in a series of jerks toward one or other shoulder, screws his limbs, contorts his body-a demon who causes him to bite his own tongue, eject the contents of his bowels and bladder, to bubble at the mouth with foam until his aspect becomes so shocking that it may well induce a similar attack in the beholder-this devil-ridden man may be an epileptic...
...policy of giving these meetings the aspect of smokers will be continued, owing to the tremendous success of the last meeting, when the innovation was inaugurated...
...announced in the Dartmouth stadium the crowds of undergraduates cheered eagerly. A Dartmouth team, composed largely of second string men, had at that time completed the first half and had rolled up a score of 49 points against the University of Maine. The incident admirably pictured a superficial aspect of today's game. They expect...
...Perhaps the most important aspect of the work committed to the care of your Committee is competitive athletics, for most of the voluntary physical exercises which are undertaken by the students are contests in one form or another, either between individuals or between teams. This has led from contests within the University and the College to contests with other Universities and Colleges. Therefore, a primary question of policy is the extent and character of the intercollegiate contests. Your Committee believes that intercollegiate contests are to be maintained and encouraged primarily for the purpose of exciting and sustaining an interest...
...other nations. In this, Goethe proved himself greatly superior to many professed Christians of our own day. Chauvinism or anything resembling it was utterly foreign to his nature and not a trace of it may be found in any of his works. There is no finer testimony to this aspect of Goethe's character than the words of the great Italian, Benedetto Croce, in the preface to his recent book on Goethe. 'During the sad days of the World War', Croce writes, 'I reread Goethe's works and gained deeper consolation and greater courage from him than I could have...