Word: crediting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...brilliant success has attended his efforts. The surprising fact is that he has escaped, publicly, at least, the customary campaign of organized criticism. Pleasant as it would be to point to this virtue of silence as a distinctive Harvard trait, it must be said that much of the credit is due to the work and personal character of Mr. Horween himself. His quiet, unassuming, and business-like manner make him a difficult mark for the anvil chorus. There is always the feeling that he is working to the best of his ability on a difficult job. Above...
...Freshman soccer team trimmed a weak aggregation from St. George's School Saturday on Soldiers Field, 9 to 1. J. W. Carrigan, with four goals to this credit, was the outstanding player...
...Harvard Alumni Bulletin is an appreciation which the Boston Transcript reprints, of the work done by the ubiquitous and nebulous Student Vagabond. Rightly or wrongly, he is given credit for the spread of a new word in the local vocabulary, the verb to vagabond-meaning to attend lectures at which one's presence will not be noticed by the Dean's office, for the sole purpose of hearing what is said...
...Senator Curtis was among those imperturbables who thought President Coolidge could be persuaded to "choose" again. Either some Potomac zephyr had now whispered that no such persuasion was possible or Senator Curtis could no longer resist temptation. In any case, the forthrightness with which he declared himself did credit to his intentions if not to his sagacity...
...Blackshirts, the fifth year also closes with a formidable surplus on the credit side of the ledger. Some events among many entitle it to a place in the history of the Fascist regime: The victorious defense of the lira, the rent laws and the promulgation of the labor charter...