Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attracted by her in a physical way. But Dagmar, his wife, has come to the point where she can no longer endure her husband's whims and his scorn for worldly comforts. So she turns to Meyers Sophus, a prosperous, concerted; furniture dealer, and in him finds a welcome contrast to the vagaries of her talented husband. Peter, suspecting the worst but not daring to learn it, suffers all the tortures of the jealous husband, until, in a dramatic scene at a rehearsal of his play his uncertainty abruptly comes to an end. In the third act, he returns half...
...book. "Labor in Europe and America." Before the war and the rise of the ultra radical parties, Mr. Gompers was always considered one of the leaders of the more radical elements in the country, but in the last five years his position has moved more to the right. In contrast to many of the socialistic and radical leaders Mr. Gompers was a strong supporter of the government during the war and was a members of the Advisory Committee of the Council of National Defense. He also made a trip to England in an endeavor to give the benefit...
...Christmas recess, as prescribed in the college statutes, lasts from December 23 to January 2, inclusive, giving about eleven and a half days of vacation. In contrast with this meagre portion, Yale's recess lasted this year from Friday, December 17 at 1 P. M. to Tuesday, January 4 at 7.50 A. M:--a total of sixteen and a half days; while at Princeton, the vacation is also nearly half again as long as ours. The privilege which men who live in the west are given of signing off a day or so early, is slim compensation, for all lectures...
...tackle positions. From their yearling team the Princetonians have little to hope for, with Emery and Smith in the backfield as the only men of university eslibre, but in 1921 there is no need of new material at the New Jersey College. This is in direct contrast to the situation at Yale, where great hopes are staked on O'Hearn and his teammates...
...would be a splendid thing if the proposed trip of the Harvard Glee Club to France were carried through. In the old countries they are accustomed to hold 'singing fests', and the introduction of an American glee club would make a novel contrast to these groups. A young college aggregation especially would be sure to contain great interest to the average foreigner...