Word: failed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...page book is written with characteristic Lloyd Georgian vigor and is full of sonorous metaphor. The Ruhr gets attention. Says he: "If Poincaré is out for reparation, his policy will inevitably fail in comparison with that which he so rashly threw over; but if he is out for trouble it has been a great success and in the future it will be an even greater triumph for his statesmanship. The permanent garrison in the Ruhr has possibilities of mischief which it does not require any special vision to foresee...
...fail to report at Jarvis Field on time will lose by default. All matches with the exception of the semifinals and finals wihch will be played on the Divinity courts, will be held on the Jarvis courts...
Some students achieve certain courses; some have courses thrust upon them; but although many are called, few have the good fortune to be chosen for one of Professor Copeland's classes. The fame of English 12 draws so many applicants for admission to it that even competitive admission compositions fail to relieve the congestion of suitors. And as for the likewise famous English 45, the sacred precincts are even harder to enter because this course is omitted in 192-- to 192--. The result is that most undergraduates can only know Professor Copeland by his hat, coat and umbrella...
...Significance. A compact, well constructed novel, written with Mrs. Wharton's unfailing deftness and giving a faithful picture of War-time Paris, A Son at the Frant, can hardly fail to attract a considerable audience. And yet it seems a curiously lifeless book. The characters seem shadowy and unsubstantial; the exact, neat detail, lacking in any real significance; the tale, twice-told. To your reviewer, coming, as it does after Mr. BritUng, Sonia, Le Feu, Three Soldiers, One of Ours and Through the Wheat, A Son at the Front appears like an exhibition of perfect waxworks, meticulously constructed, displaying every...
...toward Dempsey has changed. Dempsey is defending honor, the sporting honor of the American flag. That his defense is based solely on the fortune involved does not affect the public fancy. He is a dominant idol. Never before has he felt the spotlight glow of popularity. If he should fail to win, his goose, with all its golden eggs, is finally cooked...