Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those familiar with the famous moustaches which adorned the lip of President Theodore Roosevelt, there is considerable humor in this completely serious statement by Dr. W. II. Osgood of the Field Museum in Chicago concerning the maniacs Roosevelt, or barking door, one of the new species found by the recent Coolidge-Roosevelt expedition to Indo China...
...from the addition to the regular practice sessions. The rugged type of play shown by Dartmouth in the first game may be expected on Friday, with an abundance of body-checking, which was so effective in breaking up the speedy Crimson dashes, but the advantage of playing on the familiar ice of the Garden will swing the scales in favor of Harvard...
...discussion in your issue of Jan. 23 on pp. 28 & 30 of "The Bank of England God" has greatly aroused my interest, as I am familiar to some small degree with the regions inhabited by the San Blas and Choco Indians of Panama. While I would by no means take exception to the opinions of such eminent authorities as the scientists of the Smithsonian Institution referred to in your article, there are one or two points in the final paragraph of the account which invite comment...
...their previous victory this year, the Harvard Jayvees meet the Babson basketball team at the latter's own court tonight. Although conceded an advantage because of their former win, the Jayvees will be at a disadvantage on account of the small Babson court, whereas their opponents will be on familiar home ground. The Harvard team has shown its disability to compete well on small courts at other times this season...
...practice, the demands on the funds of a large institution are constantly changing, and must be handled by persons familiar with the situation, not by the inflexible provisions of a will. Furthermore the dispensation of such funds is often a task beyond the ken of a layman. The man with a casual interest in a subject, desiring to leave a sum to the students of that subject, is not necessarily a good judge of the manner of expenditure. A sincere and equitable bequest, in short, should be drawn up in one of two ways: it should either have been gone...