Word: blush
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...view of these denunciations, and with the erubescent qualities of certain tabloids in mind, we hope that Funk and Wagnalls have at last arrived at the proper analysis of Crimson when they say: "To make or become crimson, redden, blush." We are confident, however, of the accuracy of the following definition, which a prominent semanticist has assured us will fit any Harvard publication, "deep red tinged with blue." --The Radcliffe News...
...little men making great din. (Zounds, what a rake I am!) Betook me to the CRIMSON and read the Vagabond, the little men fairly screaming. Off to hear Professor Spooch lecture on Icelandic Philolgy. Fascinated, I found myself muttering those famous lines: ... Full many a flower is borne to blush unseen...
...justice to England's royal marry-go-round. In the center ring the emperor of one sixth of the world kneels before a twice-divorced charmer from the southland, while on either side the lords temporal and spiritual beat their breasts in dismay, the American press makes the cables blush, and there is distinct teeth gnashing in the orchestra pit. Last week the Communist Party investigated reports that Mrs. Simpson was pro-fascist, but the situation is losing its farcical nature, and certain events show that England's ruling class is profoundly disturbed...
...peace strikes and student unions have supplanted the more practical and more effective rebellions against rancid butter and "fish with the gust in." Harvardmen no longer pound on in with the eternal leg of mutton, for beef now varies the diet. Our hardy forebears of the 17th century would blush with shame at our foppish assortment of tableware. Members of the Class of 1645 each had only one wooden spoon and one fork, the latter beeing used to nail one's single slice of bread to the table safely out of the reach of everyone else...
Although this double accounting at first blush seems misleading, and somewhat remeniscent of New Deal Treasury methods, the transfer of compulsory Freshmen sports simply means that the University has begun to take on its own shoulders the responsibility for Harvard's athletics. It follows in direct line with President Contant's policy of eventually setting up an endowment fund large enough to divorce the college activities from dependence on football receipts...