Word: establish
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...movement is in contrast to that under way in Lowell House to establish "bowling on the green"; the latter is an essentially English game, and the equipment for it costs over $50. The horse shoes for the games at Winthrop House were obtained only when a House member pursued a horse-drawn milk wagon, to a smithy in East Boston in the early morning...
That the reign of Elmer Gantry would seek to establish itself among us again is not in itself astonishing, though the least knowing might be aware at this date that objectionable things are not driven either from society or the mind by covering up their existence. That such a step could be taken in a university, and taken seriously, is a sardonic commentary on the maturity of the undergraduate mind. Perhaps "the faculty board of supervisors of student activities" will display a sense of balance which evidently is not found elsewhere at Northwestern. If not, they will at least have...
Sirs: Doubtless many other New Zealanders will hasten to establish our claim to the fish "Pelorus Jack" which was referred to as an Australian by a correspondent in TIME of April 18. But in case they do not: Pelorus Jack was a very real and popular personality who for many years frequented the cairn waters of Pelorus Sound, New Zealand, and made a practice of meeting the daily steamers as they passed through the narrow French Pass on the regular route between Wellington and Nelson. (I am a native of Nelson and saw him innumerable times and this...
...their son Norman, War ace). The small, lovely Children's Chapel was given by Roland L. Taylor of Philadelphia and his wife. Only Coventry (England) has a similar chapel reserved for children. The late Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst, mother of Publisher William Randolph Hearst, gave $201,000 to establish the National Cathedral School for Girls. Givers of $100,000 or more include Andrew William Mellon, his brother Richard, the late Ambassador to France Henry White, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis, the late Percy R. Pyne. Of $50,000 or more: Henry and Edsel Ford, the late Samuel Mather of Cleveland...
...sang most of it through his nose, depended on high, exaggerated pianissimi for many of his effects, gave feeble, skin-deep interpretations of well-worn songs. But his venture was noteworthy if his performance was not. A high-priced radio entertainer was attempting in a modest manner to establish musical prestige...