Word: eyeing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gather the students together in one place for sociably gregarious feeding, but rather to keep them so assembled. All undergraduates were then required to eat in Commons, where the food was of nebulous origin and doubtful consistency. "Eating out" was forbidden by ordinance of the University, who had an eye to the pecuniary advantage to be obtained from running its own dining-rooms, and to satisfy their cravings for tasty morsels, the students took to bootlegging dainties of all sorts into their rooms...
...which no book review is complete. He cites examples 'poignant', 'moving', 'intriguing', 'admirable words which have been dulled with constant use until they have now lost any definite meaning they originally possessed, and are employed for connotation rather than denotation. Not only are they trite--they are vague. The eye passes over them, recognizing them as old friends and yet remains unconscious that they are anything besides a general background or scenery which is inevitable to a well-rounded review...
...Perhaps the first thing to catch the eye upon entering the house is the newly completed portrait of Bobby Jones, by Wayman Adams, N. A. This is the property of the Atlanta Athletic club, and will be hung in its new uptown home after the present exhibition...
...sufficient to the task is remarkable. Yet she shows an understanding of the part which is admirable and there is never a moment when she does not exert herself to lend the play all her energy. She is running a race, in which her eye must not lose sight of the goal, but a race in which form, stride, and ability to take frequent hurdles are judged as heavily as the end reached. On Monday night she brought the part as near reality as time, practice and personality would permit. A few more performances will see her satisfying those...
...boxing team has recently given rise to a petition signed by 80 undergraduates, urging the adoption of the sport. This petition has been handed in to the newly formed Undergraduates Athletic Council for consideration. It is believed that the H. A. A. regards the pugilistic plea with a favorable eye...