Word: considerable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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But of the doubtful states named in the above paragraph, consider Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma. Five out of six of their Senators are now Democrats. These states have 17 votes; give them to Governor Smith; Smith is still defeated, for 227 + 17 is only 244, and Smith needs 266 to...
"You Americans and we "Englishmen try too much to distinguish between American literature and English literature" Francis Brett Young, noted English novelist who spoke at the Harvard Union last night, stated in an interview yesterday afternoon. "Actually, there can be little distinction. We are of the same blood and speak...
"So many, many writers who were great in their own time have been absolutely forgotten after their death. And, vice versa, many gained their fame years after their own time. Consider Keats and Shelley, even they found but small places among their contemporaries. Time is an uncertain thing. It is...
"If America were officially connected with the League of Nations, our representative would inevitably express certain views and advocate or join in certain policies, which expressions, however guarded and conditioned, would be looked upon by Europe as American commitments, while on the other hand the American Congress might take a...
"Nor does the English oarsman ever become overtrained; not because he puts less into his training than the American, but because he is blessed with a peculiar psychology which enables him to look on sport as sport and not as a grind. The Oxford or Cambridge 'hearty' talks rowing, thinks...