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Word: excerpt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senate floor Mr. Reed is an impressive figure-steel-grey eyes, well-barbered white hair, one of the few Senators who has reached 65 without being either fat or lean, a voice that can ripple gently or ring magnificently or snarl menacingly. Herewith, one excerpt from Mr. Reed's prose and one from his oratory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The 69th | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

...statement pointed out that the United States had always been an apostle of arbitration and had urged it on other nations and cited precedents during nearly 100 years, for the arbitration of disputes between this country and Mexico. Following is an excerpt from the statement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARBITRATION TO SETTLE MEXICAN TROUBLE"-CARVER | 1/25/1927 | See Source »

...moving pictures consider the Rah-rah as the regular undergraduate greeting. Forty years ago these cheers were objects of interest to collegians, who now take them as part of the game, along with girls, flasks, and hard stone seats. In the CRIMSON of December 20, 1886, there appears an excerpt from the "Yale Daily News", commenting on cheers and cheering in the old days, and deploring some of the more immodest vociferations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson and Blue Oarsmen Inspired First Organized Cheers in College Sport--Early Cornell "Cry" Called Irreverent | 1/25/1927 | See Source »

...myth that President Coolidge was born in Vermont; neither is it a fable that Vermont celebrated the 150th anniversary of its independence last week. John Chipman Farrar, earnestly playful editor of the Bookman, composed an ode to commemorate the event. An excerpt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The White House Week: Jan. 17, 1927 | 1/17/1927 | See Source »

...following comment on Harvard architecture--in particular on the proposed design for a new chapel--is an excerpt from an article entitled "Old Harvard Dresses For the Future" by H. I. Brock in the New York Times Magazine of June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Architectural Atrocities New and Old | 6/21/1926 | See Source »

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