Word: deterred
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harvard's ex-president (1909-1933), has spent a long and active life disproving the axiom that a burned child dreads the fire. The scalding he got when he protested Louis D. Brandeis' appointment to the U. S. Supreme Court for "lack of judicial temperament" did not deter him from getting himself into hot water again by proposing a quota for Jewish students at Harvard and barring Negroes from freshmen dormitories. He went on to become embroiled in the Sacco-Vanzetti case as the target of libertarians' scorn. Last year, when he demanded that the Government suppress...
...wife and the lover of Triangle A are the older generation from whom the young people of Triangle B refuse to profit. The facts that Lady Kitty (Grace George) ran off with Lord Porteous and that they turn up 30 years later to serve as Horrible Examples do not deter Lady Kitty's daughter-in-law (Tallulah Bankhead) from running off with Teddy Luton (John Emery...
...conditions surrounding its composition. Whether intentionally or no, Beethoven indulged in considerable shady dealing over the Missa Solemnis. After promising the score to some six different publishers, he finally presented it to a seventh; and a contract with the symphony orchestra in London for exclusive rights did not deter him from presenting it first on the continent...
...scarred body as islands from which new skin may grow and spread. Then, years hence, if all goes well, Clara Howard, with arms and head freed, will have a skin that is scarred and puckered but whole. John too will be permanently scarred but this thought did not deter him from volunteering. His mother, who takes roomers, promised to reward him with $20 and a new coat. But last week she took sick and the $20 went for doctor's bills. "Aw, that's all right, mom," said John...
...reaching Mexico City, where the sky is always blue and the air as sparkling as a pailletted gown, the Vagabond found little to deter his progress save a herd of lethargic cattle at every turn of the road, and, amidst every cluster of thatched huts, dozens of farrowing pigs that would scuttle under and around his car with uncivilized abandon...