Word: enormouse
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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His holdings were enormous. Singlehanded he prevented a real estate slump by buying lots for what he thought they were worth, at a price above the asking." When, in 1914, cotton went to four cents a pound, he worked hundreds of builders day and night to put up a 44...
The tunnels contain enormous pipes, which come from the power plant at the corner of Boylston Street and the Parkway, and carry the steam that heats practically all of the College buildings. These pipes enter through Smith Halls and there the tunnel system begins. All the Freshman dormitories are connected...
His rise was rapid. Studying street conditions, he made himself an expert on refuse removal, and became, at 304, the Street Cleaning Commissioner. All the newspapers characterized his work in the department as "spectacular." And already he had won the Carnegie medal for bravery. He had been standing, that one...
The athletic danger is perhaps a result of the enormous influence that alumni have in this country. We do not have in Great Britain the same catering to the graduates of our schools, partly because the schools are entirely or almost entirely independent of the financial support of the alumni...
"Many of you like to moralize. This kind of activity is not profitable. It is better to kill with ridicule. A harsh word must be hurled out abruptly, like a blow; but in passing judgment you must remember that you are judging comrades whose life is very hard and who...