Word: coverly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...slightly lacking in brain, perhaps, but accredited with honesty for all that. All of them would be bitterly offended if named by an ugly and descriptive term. And yet their actions are neither more nor less than thievery. When a man takes a book from--the Library shelves under cover of his coat, or in his bag, he is robbing every other man who may wish to read that book...
...possible success. The pageant will serve to arouse the people of the city to an appreciation of the meaning of the city's past by bringing before them vivid selected sketches, and it will furthermore increase community spirit. Although the cost or the pageant will be covered by the money realized from the sale of tickets, it will be necessary to raise at least $15,000 to cover the preliminary expenses. All amounts pledged in support of the affair should be regarded as merely loans, redeemable after the presentation of the spectacle...
...heard accusation that the conversation of Memorial hall and of other eating places frequented by members of the university is compounded solely of sports, women, and the weather, is extended by a writer in the "Dial" to cover all the conversational attempt of educated Americans. "Bring together a group of college men, graduates of the same institution, and what do they talk about?" he inquires. "The same things as the tired business men of theatrical disrepute, sport or women, business or politics in the littlest sense of the word...
...committee thus appointed was selected from classes so as to cover a period of 45 years; and after reorganization is constituted as follows...
...committee thus appointed was selected from class so as to cover a period of 45 years; and after reorganization is constituted as follows...