Word: contact
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...relative of the member, Mr. Tsuneo Yamamoto, had been present at Blarney Castle, last week, when the petty Sultan of Muscat (Arabia) visited the Blarney Stone and emplanted a most peculiar kiss. Mr. Yamamoto was in a position to reveal that the Sultan of Muscat gingerly placed in contact with the Blarney Stone only the tip of his cane and then cautiously kissed the stick's big gold handle...
Best known as H. H. Asquith, this great parliamenarian and leader of the Liberal Party has revealed himself to an unusual degree. Brought into intimate contact with monarchs and statesmen through three generations, his comment on these celebrities is distinctly illuminating. Letters of prime importance and remarkable passages from his contemporary notes of the World War period are given to the public for the first time. 2 vols...
Frederick Snyder, who as an appointee under Wilson on the Food Administration had considerable personal contact with the Republican nominee spoke on the qualifications of Herbert Hoover for the presidency. Mr. Snyder was formerly head of the Boston Chamber of Commerce and is at present a trustee of that body...
...graduate students the mere contact with professors who are doing valuable research work may be sufficient stimulus, but an undergraduate feels the need of an interesting presentation from a man who is whole-heartedly devoted to the work of imparting to others the enthusiasm which he feels in his subject. Many of my professors have prefaced their courses with the remark: 'I consider the lectures of this course of little or no value,' and unfortunately the statement has too often proved true...
...Stories. A bedraggled little old maid utterly without human contact in life, Annie Spragg was linked in death with motley and many human lives...