Word: exploited
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...revere the law for its own sake--but rather to fear the consequences of disobedience. The bold blades, therefore are naturally impelled to brave the possible consequences, as an exhibition, perhaps a quite unconscious one of daring or recklessness. Increasing the penalty may deter some; but it enhances the exploit for the rest. The policy of laissez-faire" probably has the best effect on the young--for lacking the zest of risking something, the undergraduate has only the intrinsic merit of drinking itself as a lure. And judging from observation, this lure is not overwhelmingly seductive among college...
...constitutional lawyer, framer of the Declaration of Independence, framer of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, ambassador to France and to England, Vice-president and President--except that he graduated from Harvard in 1755, that he was the first Harvard man to become President of the United States--quite an exploit in the good old days--and that his deeds are written on the enduring pages of history...
...candles, representing dynamite, penetrated canal guards and placed his explosives at important points, the control chamber of the Gatun locks, etc. He later disguised himself as a correspondent, chatted with Blue officers at their head- quarters, read papers on their desks, cut telephone wires at the Gatun headquarters. His exploit was discounted, however, because complete restrictions such as would be made in actual war-time were not placed on civilians in the Canal Zone...
...make the treatment available anywhere in the British Commonwealth. Baron Rothschild, himself a physician, has determined that the serum be saved for mankind. Spahlinger has already spent his entire fortune of $500,000 in the work, and Sir Stanley Birkin gave $100,000. Spahlinger refuses to exploit the treatment commercially. His serum is obtained from inoculated horses by an expensive process, 50 of the best-bred dark Irish horses (costing $400 each) being required for its production. Even with the new support, it will take two years more to prepare the serum for public use. It is not a quick...
...tribe he met, passed through enough adventures to shake the soul of an Argive chief. Ten more years went to the writing of his travels. Those 20 years have built him a monument well nigh unique in literary history- the unique and magnificent story of a unique and magnificent exploit-one of the few cases where the man who saw was also the man who could tell...