Word: bidden
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...appears to me to be much less serious than the fact that there is a distinct advantage to be gained from brutality and the evasion of the rules--offenses which, in many instances, the officials cannot detect because they are committed when the players and the ball also are bidden from the eyes of the umpire. For these reasons I have come to believe that the game ought to be radically changed...
...ability the lives of a nation, and to brave misrepresentation and obloquy. Furthermore, the leader should possess sympathies so democratic, that, while above his followers, he may yet understand them and be one of them. True leaders are not cynics, but men who can aid and evoke in others bidden powers and hidden good...
...happy festival to which we, the delegates from Harvard University, have been bidden, is marked not only by the loyalty and affection of your assembled graduates, whose offerings of scholarly and material wealth will celebrate the day, but by the congratulations and good wishes of all lovers of learning, zealous workers in one cause, who, giving you full honor, share your achievements and make your hopes their...