Word: civilizing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last three generations?since the close of the Civil War?the Democratic party has named eleven men for the presidency. Six of them?Seymour. Greeley, Tilden, Cleveland, Parker, and Smith? were New Yorkers. Three of the six? Seymour, Tilden, and Smith?have been conspicuous members of Tammany Hall...
...attend at any time with a good chance of spending a profitable hour. At present there comes to his mind Professor Lake's course on the New Testament being given at 12 o'clock in Harvard 5 on Tuesday and Thursday, and that on American History since the Civil War under the auspices of Professor Channing in Emerson A at 11 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday...
...Civil examinations in Nanking, for posts in the province of Kiangsu, were temporarily disrupted by cries of "cheat!" "favoritism...
...names "Old Gimlet Eye'' and "Hell Devil Darling" are Marine Corps synonyms for Brigadier General Smedley Darlington Butler. So admirable has been his policing of Tientsin, during the Chinese Civil War (TIME, June 25 et ante), that last week he received a supreme honor from grateful China, an honor which a Chinese town or city can confer only with the unanimous consent of every citizen...
...tentative scenario which has been drawn up for the film covers a wide range of Harvard scenes and activities. The first few scenes trace Harvard history rapidly from the foundation in the time of John Harvard through the Revolution and the period of rapid expanse after the Civil War to the present. This group ends with pictures in the Yard and a scene inside one of the Yard dormitories...