Word: complements
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...brand new fighting contingent of 83,000 tons. What this weight in war boats means may be roughly gauged from the fact that the U. S. large-cruiser fleet today amounts to 80,000 tons, of which only 20,000 tons are in commission. Of course the U. S. complement of other war boats makes the U. S, Navy superior to the Italian, though as yet by no means equal to the British...
...this way the press has also aided college sports--from a financial standpoint, at least. Publicity fills the stadiums, then stories of the game sell the papers. Newspapers are of passing interest, and so is athletic news. They complement each other: why not let them go, hand in hand...
...policy is to take a plant and make it grow." Then, in a torrent of emotion, Orator Schwab told of his long friendship with Mr. Campbell, ended up with a plea: ''Jim Campbell, right or wrong, follow him." To Chairman Schwab, President Grace is the perfect complement. Cool, logical, incisive. Mr. Grace quoted figures to show Bethlehem spends money on its plants, increases its payrolls. ''The strength of Bethlehem."' he said, "lies in the strength of local institutions. We create local institutions. We do not centralize. We are going to cooperate for bigger and better...
...fear of affectation constantly driving culture to cover is sufficiently widespread to deserve comment. Though total abstinence from cultivation in accent and alcohol would detract from the epicureah values of complete living, to consider the first as the inevitable result of education and the second as the necessary complement of a gentleman's domestic arrangements requires the undue stretching of a doubtful point. The true education is free from affectation; the true "gentleman" may well be complete without a discerning palate and opportunity to indulge it. As usual, the point of view rests on a definition. If the word "gentleman...
Cadet Murrell, whose steady line-crashing last fall was an effective complement of Cagle's flashy runs, will try grips in the 175-pound class with C. D. Newhart '31, substitute tackle on the 1929 University eleven; and in the unlimited class, Parham, second string Army tackle, will engage Captain Nathaniel Warner '31, center on the second University football squad. Both men now weigh about 190 pounds, and an interesting encounter is expected...