Word: commitment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...human beings can be knocked senseless. Crowds pay to see him; the government of 'civilized' New York, most prosperous state in the Union, welcomes him, provides a commision to take care of him and regulate the crowds. And, under government protection, he is permitted to commit assault and battery, knocking a man unconscious while a low-brow crowd howls its delight...
...demonstrated by Professor G. L. Kittredge '82 in the last of his lectures on "Five Tragedies of Shakspere" before a crowd which overflowed the seating capacity of Sanders Theatre last night. The basis of his reasoning rested on the conclusion that the hero did not have sufficient opportunity to commit the deed...
...Moulton referred to the arrest in New Haven Thursday of Ernest Schleifer, of Watertown, N. Y., on a charge of inciting striking shopmen to commit felonies. He was held in a bond of $15,000 for a hearing in the City Court today...
City Attorney Whittaker said that Schleifer would be prosecuted on two counts on a charge of inciting others to commit murder and burglary, the charges being based on the material collected by the three operatives of the New Haven road...
...each class, electing its officers for Freshman year, voted once and for all on the question whether it would have any officers during the two middle years, the problem would be cleared up effectively. A class which decided to have official leaders chosen each year would commit itself definitely and there would be an end to the excuses of "not knowing the candidates." If on the other and the decision was to have no Sophomore or Junior officers, the cloud of criticism about "lack of spirit" and "indifference" would disappear. In either case, this miserable, dismal farce of the annual...