Word: discordant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mary with 15, Elizabeth with 14. Eleanor and Frances with 11 each, together with a sprinkling of about 100 other names, which include every form of feminine appelation known to man, are included in the list of names chosen for the prom. John Harvard throws the apple of discord into the gathering of beanties, and again it is Helen who wins but this time the modern Helen of Boston...
...seeds of civil discord, why involve the whole United States in a controversy through these innocent Princetonians at a time when peace is ensured on every hand? Besides, this ill-advised action gives excuse to the more irresponsible portion of the press for a facetious excitement. "Harvard rushes to support baggy pants of old Nassau," headlines the New York Evening Post, a singularly careless statement and one showing that these breeks did need braces if a venerable and sister institution of learning really had to do this. But what proofs are there of this support on Harvard's part...
...announcement was made officially; it remains only for the change to be made. C. Bascom Slemp gave his resignation to the President and it was accepted. That there was discord between the President and his Secretary was a well-credited rumor more than six months ago. Mr. Slemp and the President's campaign manager, William M. Butler, clashed at the Cleveland Convention last June over the selection of the vice presidential candidate. Afterwards, Mr. Slemp would have resigned (TIME, June 30) had not the President succeeded in pacifying...
With true democratic spirit the assemblage debated the method of organization in noisy discord while almost everyone present offered an opnion until L. R. Brown '26 was finally elected president. The other officers were chosen in short order with J. G. Curtis 3L, as vice-president, G. D. Leighton '26 as secretary, and J. H. Weiss '25 as treasurer...
Less than three months later (TIME, Aug. 11), revolution again broke out. General Ferrera charged that his old friend General Tosta, under whom he was once Minister of War, was seeking to perpetuate discord in the country; at the same time he disclaimed any personal ambitions for himself...