Word: expections
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...classical jazz. George Gershwin, who wrote the popular jazz piece 'Do It Again' has composed 'Rhapsody in Blue'--probably the best thing of the kind that we have. It is pure jazz, but it shows Mr. Gershwin's knowledge of the principles of 'high-brow' musical composition. We may expect a good deal from him in the future...
...drop running on the boards. "There's nothing to that--his feet are all right," said Coach Farrell emphatically. "He has said something to me about taking things easy, and if he wants to on account of his studies or for any other reason I have no objections. I expect him to keep on, however. Naturally I want him to run in the Intercollegiates on March...
Attendance at this preliminary meeting is in no way binding, and all men interested are cordially invited, whether they expect to enter the competition...
That the objections to open house are strongly asserted by older men who might have been expected to forget such things may be useful in sustaining them but makes the basic point of view scarcely less childish. It is the point of view of "Don't come in to my back yard"--a sentiment one could expect from Penrod only in his most egotistical mood...
...Jesus of Nazareth, I have with most of the present dissenters of England some doubts as to His divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, never having studied it and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon the opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble. I sec no harm, however, in its being believed, if that belief has the good consequence, as probably it has, of making His doctrines more respected and more observed...