Word: dwelled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...What is now being done is related to you in detail by Gen. Hines, of the Veterans' bureau, a public official of demonstrated merit, so that I shall not dwell upon it. During the past year, under the distinguished and efficient leadership of Commander Drain, the Legion itself has undertaken to provide an endowment fund of $5,000,000 to minister to the charitable requirements of their comrades...
Until that moment, young Gunn was the protagonist. A clever writer, fashioning a story of that morning's play, would make the reader feel that Gunn was going to win. He would dwell on the amazing machine-like perfection of Gunn's every stroke. He would describe how since Jones was playing par golf, Gunn shot under par to win holes from him. He would hint that Gunn could not keep it up. The reader would gather the conviction that Gunn was most certainly going to keep it up. But this would be a literary trick...
tTokyo's poor dwell on the flats commonly called Lowland, on both sides of the River Sumida...
...thing, its aftermath verges on insanity. An analytical person, particularly a racial polyglot, can cope with the welter of causes and patriotisms only by adopting a sportive fatalism. Author Gerhardi's minor characters develop this sociological thesis on a very high plane of comedy. The major characters, who dwell on the border line of high tragedy, give a more intimate demonstration of the same philosophy...
President Lowell will be the principal speaker, and Assistant Dean Delmar Leighton '19, Secretary of the Committee on the Choice of Electives, will describe the application of the system. President Lowell will dwell on the purpose of concentration and its value in vocational training...