Word: enjoyed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...days ago a friend put into my hands a book and said: "Have a look at this. Very rich, in places. Pure sensationalism, of course; he wants to get himself talked about. I think you'll enjoy it. If not, just throw it out of the window...
...Philadelphia, the will of Wilson E. Stroudt bequeathed to his sister-in-law Mrs. Charles L. Stroudt "all that parcel of land from the Atlantic to the Pacific and all the trees and everything thereon"; to her son "the four winds of the earth, that he may enjoy them the same as I have"; to the person who buried him all that remained of his estate after funeral expenses were paid. Mrs. Stroudt buried him, received...
...established ritual required of those passing through the mill, grinding out its yearly crop of Ph. D.'s. It might be suggested that the Commonwealth scholars derive as much advantage from their unconventional methods of study as those earnest young men whose end in life is to enjoy the prestige of a Doctorship...
Intelligent people who wouldn't dream of asserting that the horses pulling the big wagons in circus parades are having a big time will insist that a cadet is merely being modest when he says he doesn't enjoy parades. Probably this is due to the fact that none of the movie, novel, or short story writers have been able to get the real, honest-to-God, low down on Dress Parade. This inability to read between the lines, so to speak, is probably because nobody is allowed between the lines during parade...
...borrow an old definition, a parade is composed of one band, twelve hundred kaydets, and five thousand spectators. The band plays, the kaydets stand and gripe, and the spectators thrill and go home resolving to be 100 per cent Americans and vote the straight Republican tickets. Some kaydets enjoy parades--Graduation Parade, for instance, because it's the last one. But the average kaydet doesn't enjoy the average parade...