Word: compliments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That," she said, " One hears often; but, honestly now, don't you think taking more time to a book is more of a compliment. When I like a book very much I grudge each page that I turn over...
...opponents made 14. The scoring beban in the second inning, when the Brown batters knocked Townsend out of the box, and almost did the same for Caldwell, scoring nine runs before the inning dragged to a close. In the third, the Tigers uncorked their slugging streak, and returned the compliment by making nine runs and tying the score. One in the fourth, four in the fifth, and one in the eighth completed Princeton's total. Caldwell and Carney each made a home run, and Smith registered four hits out of five times...
Last week we noted with gratified pride that the Yale Seniors had voted Harvard the "next best college," and, in our limited way, we returned the compliment. But that, it turns out, was only the academic half of it. Now the scientific seniors, the Sheff, boys, have held their election and Harvard just isn't in the running. We take back everything good we ever said about New Haven. What can you expect from a class of men who will vote "Business Law", their favorite course, anyhow...
...seniors at New Haven have overwhelmed us by voting Harvard the "next best" college. With its limited facilities the University can only return the compliment by a hasty plebiscite to indicate the strong partiality in Cambridge for everything with the trade-name, Yale...
...game which Richards played was almost incredible in pace, flexibility, finish. Journalists ran dry of superlative in their attempts to do him justice and paid him the most potent compliment at their command by naming him as " Tilden's peer...