Word: driven
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...where he is likely to impress Americans to the amount of $1,170,000, which is to be used not for himself, nor for Norway, but for those Greeks whom the fortunes of war have driven from Asia Minor to Thrace...
...have been turned to gold. The vast economic development of recent years has undoubtedly increased and distributed wealth, but it has also, like all good things, its price. Because it has spread a money fever and because it requires in most of its responsible salaried positions specialists it has driven those who are unable or unwilling to take more time in their schooling specialization mad. And educational institutions throughout the country have been forced to rearrange themselves accordingly...
...education is not something to be driven into anyone's head, and nobody can be forced to work hard unless his interest is aroused to the necessary pitch. Raising the standard of scholarship is mistaking the real cause, for scholarship is not the sole ingredient of an education. Since to the true student all life is an education, knowledge is to be acquired both inside the classroom and out. When all angles of college life are made an adventure, the four years will become the privilege of doing hard but interesting and valuable labor...
...Ford sedan coming along Mt. Auburn Street from the direction of Boylston Street had met at the dangerous corner of Mt. Auburn and Plympton Streets, just behind the Lampoon, a Chevrolet runabout coupe being driven from the opposite direction. The driver of the Ford attempted to make the left hand turn to avoid a collision, but the car, going at a speed beyond his control, struck the sidewalk at a slant and turned on its side. The driver of the Chevrolet, crowded on the small seat by another lady and two men, had jammed on her brakes in a futile...
Miss Bessle C. Langley of Cambridge was severely injured last night when a car driven by J. O. Rosencrantz '27 of Milwaukee, Wis., skidded at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Holyoke Street...