Word: familiarity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hail to the Chief, burst out the familiar tones of the Marine Band in the St. Paul station. Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge made their way through the crowd, accompanied by a reception committee, and were whisked off to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg, where they spent the night...
...more in short order, by one Mr. Douglas Smith of Chicago. Mr. Smith is not a doctor, nor is he an invalid to whom the advancement of medicine would have had a special and intimate interest. A hale, hearty, portly man, much given to golf, a familiar in North Shore society, Mr. Smith is by profession a promoter. Yet it was a most appropriate thing for Mr. Smith to contribute to the cause of medical research. At present engaged in the accretion of wealth by promoting "Pepsodent," a dentifrice, Mr. Smith long ago made his fortune from a most beneficent...
...know, only a small portion of the influite compass of eternal truth. If is partly due also to the narrowness of our sympathies' which prevents us from comprehending the sentiments and point of view of others, who are quite as sincere, intelligent and well informed as ourselves, perhaps familiar with aspects of the matter we know little about and gifted with a deeper insight. It is due in no small measure to prejudice which obscures our vision...
...Robinson Hall, by Dean Edmund S. Campbell of the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. The subjects are both architectural and landscape. The majority are sketches, of Spanish subjects such as the "Patio at Seville" and the "Bridge at Ronda". Several, however, were made in Michigan and some show familiar New England outdoor subjects...
...apparent the writer of the quoted letter thought violating the Constitution of his country would be unobjectionable to any member of his class. This action of that class reunion committee, however, planned a deliberate conspiracy (as all familiar with the law know--and ignorance excuses nobody) to violate the fundamental law of our country by Yale graduates at a reunion of their class during a commencement held under the auspices of, and carried on by, the University authorities...