Word: extention
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...committees, etc. It is improbable that the Democrats will carry more than four of the doubtful states; but whatever happens, the Democrats and insurgent Republicans when they combine will have a voting majority in the 70th Senate. In the present session this situation has been true to a limited extent. That ancient maxim may be applied to the Democrats in this autumn's campaign: they have nothing to lose, everything to gain...
...save a little money. Then, with the aid of a clear-sighted young woman, 'his girl', and a tooth-ache-inspired nightmare, he realizes he is not as he thought he was: The city has put its stamp upon him. Roused, he asserts his individuality--to such an extent that he loses his position. So the play closes on him, an emancipated and jobless being, proud in his new-found identity and in the idea that he is unique and separate from all other people...
...cleverest is probably Dr. Herman N. Bundeson, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Health. U. S. Senator Royal Samuel Copeland, when he was the New York City Commissioner of Public Health, was no greater publicity inciter. Dr. Bundeson dramatizes himself even to the extent of being "funny" (TIME, June 21). No less sincere and industrious, although less efficacious than Dr. Bundeson and Dr. Nicoll, are the host of other public health officials in the U. S. Every state, every large city, practically every town has its health commission or health officer. There may be a lone, overworked, always altruistic doctor...
...group of first-year men, however, we have not been able to get in touch with to any great extent. These are the "commuters", the men who do not live in the college dormitories. Either these men do not want advice or they have no spare minutes to see their advisors, for they have all been written to, many of them several times, and yet have not responded by letter or in person...
...offense that Exeter may have had was rendered powerless by the constant fumbling of the schoolboy backs. The Harvard line refused to yield to any attack, and the home team was forced to resort to a kicking game, which succeeded in holding off the Freshmen to a certain extent, although Wetmore, flashy 1930 quarterback, excelled in the handling and running back of these punts...