Word: bred
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Continental critics, however, in whom familiarity has bred the usual contempt, do not hesitate to strip these ancient institutions of the glamor which for the American at least obscures the defects. A French author, in a recent novel, accuses Oxford of all places of regarding the student "as a high school boy . . . who lives together with his fellows under a severe discipline that regulates even the hours of his going out." The student body is cynically divided into athletes and esthetes--of whom the latter are rare. No disillusionment could be more cruel if one is to retain...
Epinard's dam, Epine Blanche, was bred in this country by Major Belmont...
...NEXT ROOM-A suave demonstration that murder can be committed in a very well-bred manner...
...generations that follow, the offspring of these weaker members is as large as that of the strong; and the weaker characteristics are all passed on, quickly weakening the whole race. Before civilization discovered methods for coddling the weak, it was from the strong alone that the following generations were bred. We are faced, therefore, with the statement that morals, education, art, and even religion will not improve the human family. This, it develops, can be done only through a process of conscious biological selection and improvement. Our civilization has created an environment. It is now up to us to tackle...
...team entrained for New Haven Tuesday with an added confidence bred by its phenomenal victory over Dartmouth, but once again victory was snatched from its grasp by an Eli rally in the closing minutes. Gordon's all-around play was brilliant...