Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...interesting comment on our much slandered civilization is contained in the extract reprinted below from the Rochester "Times Union". America, the writer complains, is in the midst of a period of looking on, an interested lethargy wherein the vast majority can only sit and wait,--for the game to begin, or the curtain to rise, while it toys with peanuts or peppermints as the case may be. Meanwhile Walter Camp is finding large sale for his "Daily Dozen" among the sedentary thousands who crowd offices in the morning, ball fields after lunch, and theatres in the evening; all because science...
...have struck for more pay or one night a week at home, and that the New Haven railroad.--its percentage boosted to unbelievable heights by the increased traffic, may prepare to declare a dividend; the little Homeric playfulness on the part of the Weatherman might pass off without comment...
...expect the G. O. P. to blossom out suddenly with a model political organization; but undoubtedly the unexpected showing of strength on the part of the progressive element will be a lesson to those Republican leaders who are blind to signs of the times. Politicians are not hesitating to comment and have expressed many enlightening ideas. "The results in Pennsylvania indicate a political revolution", announces Senator Borah; and W. Harry Baker, Secretary of the Republican State Committee, exclaims: It was the women...
...York Tribune made the following comment: "The victory came as a great triumph for Coaches Bingham and Farrell, of Harvard who saw a nondescript combination of the early season develop form enough to win the first Crimson track victory from Yale since...
...Fred Stone's production. The New York Sun praised the "ladies" of the cast and Chorus whom they reported "kept the entertainment going with a zip and a bang". The New York Herald said the play "enabled Harvard to claim one more victory" and gave the following general comment on the performance: "More and more do college theatrical productions approximate the Broadway standard, and the annual show of the Hasty Pudding Club, called "It's Only Natural", which was given at the Plaza last night, approximated the Rialto brand of musical comedy so closely that it would be hard...