Word: bore
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Edward W. Bok's offer of $100,000 for a practical plan to promote peace (TIME, Jan. 7) bore fruit that tasted differently in different mouths. Its text was made public, with two summaries attached, the shorter of which follows...
Half way through the second period Hill took a shot at the Tech cage which Massey deflected, but Beals bore down and drove the rebound home. This score served to break the ice, for the Crimson tallied twice in the next two minutes. Howe added another point just before the gong ended the period...
...suggestion of Premier Poincare of France for the formation of two committees of experts to examine the vexing question of German finances, made to the Reparations Commission early this month (TIME, Dec. 10) at last bore fruit...
...best parliamentarians and fighting men. Our former leader, Mondell, will not be with us, nor will Fess, nor Campbell, nor Walsh, nor Stafford, nor Greene, nor Kelley, nor Fordney, nor Reavis, nor?the peer of them all?the late James R. Mann. These were the men who bore the brunt of every battle, and their places will be difficult indeed to fill...
...Suppose everybody began work at eight o'clock in the morning and quit at ten o'clock. They would ask themselves: 'What on earth are we going to do with ourselves the rest of the day ?' Some would bore themselves watching football games for twelve hours a day. Others would think they could enjoy themselves listening to classical music the rest of the time, but I can tell them that they would loathe the name of Bach after a fortnight...