Word: deigns
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most weight, since Phi Beta Kappa is first and foremost "recognition of intellectual capacities well employed, especially in the acquiring of an education in the liberal arts and sciences." A student has to be among the top 12 academically, in his class before Phi Beta Kappa will even deign to consider him for election in the Junior year...
...Deign to accept, from one, the hopes...
Next morning, Harry Truman's resolve was strengthened by about 2,000 telegram-30 to 1 in favor of his tough tactics. He called off any further conferences with Brothers Whitney and Johnston, did not even deign to read a letter from them which still sought extra concessions...
Then, shaking toward the boats drops of holy water from a silver aspergillum, the Archbishop read the blessing: "Deign. 0 Lord, to hear our supplications and bless these ships . . . and all who sail therein. . . . Extend to them Thy right hand as Thou didst to Peter walking upon the sea, and send Thy holy angel from Heaven to protect and guard them from every danger...
...forests. In eastern cities and suburbs, where householders use fireplaces for supplementary heat, wood was scarce and expensive. And householders whose trees were blown down in last month's hurricane were the victims of a new racket: for a high hourly fee, the snooty racketeers would deign to cut up the trees blocking the driveways. Then, for a bargain price, the victim was allowed to buy back his own wood-green and noninflammable until next winter...