Word: cools
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Privy Councilor Bach, with cool presence of mind, reached for and lit a cigaret. Leaning back in his swivel chair, he puffed a moment, then quietly remarked, "I will hear your explanation...
...afternoon usually starts with a cool shower. Later one goes into the little room, stretches out on a cot, and is soon bathed in sunshine. Beginners are usually allowed two or three minutes, while the veterans enjoy it for 15 or 20 minutes...
...outcome of the match was a surprise to the gallery, which had expected a close finals match after the three weeks elimination tourney. Ware, however, won his finals match with the same methodical and cool playing that marked his unexpected advancement in the tournament...
...Baritone Clarence Whitehill, impressive always for the kindness, the dignity of his Amfortas (Parsifal), his Hans Sachs. Many of the routine artists make much of lesser opportunities-George Meader with his David (Meister singer), Gustav Schuetzendorf with his Beckmesser (Meister singer), Florence Easton with whatever she does in her cool, intelligent way, be it Sieglinde (Walküre), Eva (Meistersinger), Brunnhilde (the Ring). There is now most important of all Soprano Gertrude Kappel who arrived recently from Munich, gave such beautiful performances of Isolde, of Brunnhilde in Walküre and Gotterdammerung as to make die-hards swallow their last...
National politics, except in the months of Presidential campaigns, seldom makes any dent upon Harvard undergraduate life. Even in the fall of 1924, the student's participation in the campaign consisted more in torchlight processions and belligerent and meaningless statements to the press that in cool consideration of the issues involved. One debate at the Union was the only serous event which brought any large attendance, and a number of speeches at the Liberal Club completed the educational side of the campaign...