Word: draughting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first Dartmouth was probably given a date without any thought of its strength in relation to its proper place in the web and woof of the season. After several bad beatings it was relegated in 1891 to the humble position of season-opener. Then seemingly invigorated by its draught of bitterness, as other colleges have been likewise, Dartmouth began to give the University so much work that in 1899 it leaped up to a position next to the final Yale game and there remained until 1912. Some may perhaps thank that the prerequisite for such a position...
...keeping with customary procedure in such matters, but the exigencies of the theatre may easily account for this. Whether the spectator is too materialistic to enjoy the production or not, he cannot fall to be influenced by the stupendous suggestion it contains; and whether it is merely a cold draught blowing on the audience from behind, or the weird effect of the play itself, there are some scenes during which a shivery, hair-raising sensation is unaccountably at work upon his spine...
There is no better tonic than George Bernard Shaw. He always comes as a refreshing draught of bitter-sweet cynicism and charlatanism, mingled with a well-disguised strain of humanity. And of all his medicines, none is more rejuvenating than Pygmalion...
...hears much nowadays of "Americanization"; but "Americanization", unfortunately, is a long word, which is not fully understood by either immigrant or native. In so far as it implies any concrete program, "Americanization" seems to connote a draught of medicine, administered with a certain degree of force, to a patient who hesitates, even if he does not struggle. The medicine, from our point of view, may be very beneficial. But that will not make it taste any better to the recipient; and unless the latter knows the purpose of the remedy, as well as the nature of his ailment, the cure...