Word: disturbe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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James Lawrence '29 set a beat of 30 and 31 as the Crimson sweepswingers stroked over the dark river. There was no wind to disturb the surface of the Thames, but a slight tide aided the shell. With a half mile to go, the stroke was raised to 38 for the final sprint. A tug and some barges loomed through the darkness and for the last mile the coxswain was kept busy avoiding the river traffic...
...human sappiness in Washington's public parks. His was the campaign last year against "spooning, necking and petting" by night in automobiles along the Speedway and through Rock Creek Park. Now that the cherry trees are coming out, the motives of parking motorists may soon again disturb the peace of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital...
...disturb him," said Atheist Clemenceau. "It has always succeeded well with him−the Mass. I will wait...
...letter received yesterday by Captain M. J. Brennan, of the police force, the Commission asked him to kidnap the "half starved cats who perch on the back-yard fences" and disturb the sleep of many a Harvard man. The Housing Commission suggested no method by which the cats may be gotten rid of, however, and Captain Brennan said that he was also at a loss to think of a plan of action that might be employed in the war on the felines. He suggested that he might call for volunteers among his men to form a "bean blower squad...
...controversy raised by Dr. Harry Elmer Barnes' discussion of a "new religion" the general reaction on the layman of this sensationalism cannot fall to be unfortunate. Censorship and the passage of anti-evolution laws is enough evidence of the prejudice existing against anything which might disturb traditional opinions. Probably the only way to improve such a condition is by gradual education, and the press can do its share by being as informative as possible. To be sure, there is no particular sensation in the fact that a scientific man believes in evolution, but just because newspapers want exciting headlines...