Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with more time at his disposal the student could submit reports and small theses on various subjects, and comparison of these with ordinary examinations reveals in a minute their superiority of training. Put a student in the library with a keen interest in some subject on which he expects to prepare a little masterpiece; give him references on which to work, and encourage his eclectic faculty; expect him not only to produce a literary gem, but to glory in his work...
...Senator Borah's public and private arguments for recognition of Russia have not prevailed. The President admitted that the Secretary of State has written U. S. dip lomats to expect no change in the U. S. policy towards the Soviet regime...
...They went to the foul atmosphere of New York for this man Hayes. I wonder if they think they can pick up a bird like that in New York and expect us out here to believe...
...View (pocket edition) by E. M. Forster, The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy, The Reckless Lady by Philip Gibbs "and a book called After All, whose author I could not discover. From this odd group I shall attempt no generalizations. Certainly a higher class of novel than one would expect. On the train coming back, however, there was only one volume, and that an effusion from the colorful pen of Edgar Rice Burroughs. I sat me down by the gentleman with that volume, and he told me that his favorite stories were those by Sax Rohmer, that he considered...
...team will play the curtain raiser for its 1925 season when it meets the Exeter nine on the Exeter diamond this afternoon. The game is scheduled for 2.30 o'clock standard time and will give Coach Mahan an opportunity to size up just what sort of support he may expect from his second squad reinforcements credit...