Word: briefness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which blows nobody good," and the Vagabond was once again struck with the truth of the words when, in the course of his daily perigrinations he came upon a most diverting bit of comment. Curiously enough, it was dated FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Washington, Stipulation No. 339; and was in brief an agreement to prohibit the printing of fraudulent advertising...
...Wood '32, president of the class, will give a brief talk, introducing the two chief speakers of the evening, President Lowell and Professor C.N. Greenough '98, both of whom will discuss the House Plan in their addresses...
...Phillips Brooks House Association will hold its annual dinner and business meeting at 7 o'clock this evening, at which time brief reports of the year's work will be read by the retiring officers...
...Churchill's The World Crisis was dedicated "To All Who Tried," the next "To All Who Endured"; this latest and last, "To All Who Hope." That is a strange title to give a pessimistic climax like this: "The story of the human race is war. Except for brief and precarious interludes there has never been peace in the world; and before history began murderous strife was universal and unending. . . ." Moreover, "it was not until the dawn of the 20th century of the Christian era that War really began to enter into its kingdom. j> "The War stopped as suddenly...
...fact that its facilities are less essential to continued work. Books may be taken from the library for use during the hours in which it is closed, but when a laboratory shuts its doors the work going on within can not be taken home in the student's brief case...