Word: blinds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...definitely progressive function in contemporary society, its continued existence is extremely precarious. When the bishops of one of the leading American sects fail to appreciate the moral fortitude which has characterized the attitude of the people during the last five tragic years, when they allow Hollywood and Reno to blind them to the beneficial social legislation which has been written on the law books of the country during the past decade, they are giving evidence of a narrow and bigoted point of view which has no place in the nation today. No organization which takes such a gloomy view...
...brilliant mind, a strong physical body, a lively imagination, and a nervous energy, and for more than 20 years has spent practically his entire time and energy in constructing, energising, and consumating remedial and beneficial legislation in an effort to amelerate the unfortunate condition of the sick, the blind, the insane, the feebleminded, and the Veterans of the Civil, and World...
...rank of lieutenant colonel. Last week, to many a Frenchman troubled by L' Affaire Stavisky, it came as a shock to be reminded that Colonel Dreyfus still lived. In a Paris hospital, tortured by nightmares of Devil's Island, afflicted with gland trouble and nearly blind, the central figure in the most famed of France's causes célebrès was passing his 75th birthday. For the running of the Langollen National Steeplechase on his Upperville, Va. estate, young Sportsman John Hay ("Jock") Whitney flew down from Manhattan in his new plane. Few feet above...
...Yale men are our favorites, Harvard men act too superior!" shouted Smith maidens in unison to queries on the validity of the Harvard Man's Guide, according to Sara White in the Yale News. "Harvard boys are vain, repetitious, redundant, blind, and behind the times. They like to hear themselves talk...
...moral is slight. However, if and when the chosen few who edit the Guide Book see fit to revise it, it is strongly urged that they include hammer and chisel as essentials on any blind date. Venturing further, the day may come when a mass descent upon Radcliffe and Wellesley (with weapons) will remove this orthodontical veneer that has covered the female searcher after knowledge since time immemorial, and, oh happy day, render the feminine campus a joy forever. Arma virumque cano...