Word: driven
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...searcher after side-lights. It would be patently ridiculous for him to write a play-by-play account of the Saturday games, or even discuss the strategy of the rival elevens, on Monday afternoon after all the others papers had done this. Thus it is that Mr. Carnes is driven to seeking boudoir interviews with the Crimson athletes, the recording of quaint statistics, and the unearthing of other...
...Government at first denied the very existence of the Gilbert note. Later on it admitted that it had asked for a report, but minimized its importance. Finally, driven into a corner, it promised publication, but warned all those who were expecting revelations of critical financial conditions that they would be disappointed...
Under the title "Treat Us Like Men," Dean Christian Gauss of Princeton College discusses, in the current Saturday Evening Post, the vagaries of the undergraduate mind, conscience, and particularly the sense of liberty. It is a wise and humorous treatment of a subject which must have driven many a dean in many college to the borders of insanity-the student who, when haled into court for over-cutting or neglect of studies, waves the banner of liberty and demands to be treated like a man; and who, when confronted later with some such item as a bill for broken furniture...
With the installation of a new electrical plant in Pierce Hall of the Engineering School, four times the previous direct current will be provided for laboratory evperiments. The plant, which will be received at the School today, includes a 200 kilowatt generator driven by a 290 horse-power alternating current motor, and will be ready for use within a week...
Fortunately, the president escaped serious injury. The bullet passed through his hat and grazed his right temple, splintering the bone. He was immediately driven to the hospital, where he was able to walk to the operating room. His face suffered minor cuts from the splintered glass. His condition was said to be satisfactory, but the Athenians worried over him fearing that the shock would be more than his age could stand...