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Word: bringing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...aftermath of a declaration by President Angell that Yale students return from weekends exhausted physically and mentally. In a way we're sorry for Harvard and Yale men; we're sorry for any man who goes to J, and we've walked up Sunset ourselves. They could bring cars, of course, and eliminate all necessity of hiking. Or they might do something restful like sitting in the shadow of the dear old tank. If they are willing to exert themselves just a little we think the rowboat on Sunset Lake could be kept afloat if bailed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Sorry for Harvard" | 10/10/1929 | See Source »

...censorship, submitting at least an advisory opinion to the body in which the actual power is vested, has become manifest. It is probably too much to hope that the meeting tonight will lead directly to the formation of such an assembly. It should, however, serve forcibly to bring to the attention of those in authority that the present method of censorship from behind closed doors has become repugnant to the community which they intend to serve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANOTHER STEP | 10/9/1929 | See Source »

...terms of these gifts make it plain that their purpose is to teach a method of approach to life in general, an intangible matter certainly, but the characteristic of the really outstanding teacher is his ability to bring the most evanescent affairs within the range of grasp of his more human followers. Experience with the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship demonstrates that it is no easy matter to find a man capable of perpetuating the Norton tradition. It is not going to be easy to find the individual who can make Germanic Culture live as did Kuno Francke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE KUNO FRANCKE CHAIR | 10/8/1929 | See Source »

Last week the National Sunday School Union of Great Britain printed a Bible which gave what the Lord told Abraham but carefully omitted the aged man's merriment and doubt. Both old and New Testament had been carefully revised and expurgated of all things that might bring evil thoughts to the young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sunday School Bible | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

...throughout the country has roller bearings on the driving and tender wheels and on the connection between the main and side rod. If successful it would make good the boast: "Throughout industry the 'impossible' has yielded to Timken design, construction and resources." To the railroads it would bring lower operating costs and the riding comfort that the public, accustomed to buying every luxury desired, is starting to demand from railroads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Fast Wheels | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

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