Word: benefited
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...would be a small matter merely to present parents with other data sent them by college authorities a comparative statement of what they pay the college to educate their sons and how much more the college pays them. Such action might produce a response from persons who will presumably benefit from the college education of their progeny in addition to that from the alumni who have already benefitted. It would at least be a gesture toward a more direct and businesslike distribution of a university's financial burden...
...have struck an impartial note on the whole, but I believe a revision of your policy of writing, a withdrawal from the jazzy use of words and the substitution of better English would redound to your and the public's benefit...
When Anne Morgan staged a prizefight in Madison Square Garden for the benefit of the War-wracked French peasants, it was not because she was a spinster who had sublimated her activities in "uplift" work. It was because she was a self-determined business woman and a fight was a good stunt. And today, at 54, she more than ever represents and leads independent members of her sex. A business woman, says Miss Morgan, is best characterized by "her utter disregard of business habits...
...those who have suggested for inclusion among additions to the Radcliffe library "Why We Behave Like Human Beings", one may suggest "Easy Steps For Little Feet" evidently published for their benefit in the March issue of a local periodical...
...were so radical this winter that the development of football along the new lines marked out for it will be watched with more than usual interest. Particularly interesting will be the opening up of the game by the lateral passing rule, from which Harvard is expected to draw full benefit through the coaching of Frank Shaughnessy, well: known Rugby football coach at McGill University...