Word: familiarity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...claim of the British building to the honor of having inspired Longfellow's familiar verses is not the first to have come to light, but according to the owners of the "Cock Horse", a tavern which now occupies the home of the blacksmith, and to several old inhabitants of the district such claims are entirely spurious. "There is no truth in the story," said Miss Withey, who has lived next door to the blacksmith's house for over 70 years; when the reporter asked her if the true smithy were in England and not in Cambridge. "I remember playing under...
...victories over the University. McEntee, the New first-sacker, won his spurs last week by driving out the two three baggers that sent Princeton to its sole defeat of the season after 14 gruelling innings, Freeman the other newcomer, has approached the older men in batting power. Among the familiar faces are Riopel, football captain, already the recipient of an offer from the New York Giants; Captain Simendinger, for four years a stellar outfielder and hitter; and Gautreau, always a brilliant player, but by queer twists of fate the one man who has invariably played the stellar role in downing...
...pseudo-Romans failed to appreciate entirely his wearing of the toga. For one, the king he visited bore him no personal love. After some time of this, he wearied of his honorary exile. Its expense, for one thing, was a burden. Perhaps his fingers began to itch for the familiar feeling of the scorching pen. He voluntarily returned. At home, affairs were no longer the same. His former enemies were still his enemies. His former friends had changed. They followed another leader in another spirit. It was no longer the world in which he and his pen had fought...
...serum. This concentrated solution has been used with encouraging results in about 60 cases at the Boston City Hospital and in about 60 more in hospitals in New York and Brooklyn. While it is impossible to estimate the exact value of the discovery, even the most skeptical of those familiar with Dr. Felton's work have declared that at least 35 percent, and possibly 50 percent reduction in the pneumonia mortality rate is assured...
...felt for a considerable time that the name K. G. X. was unsuitable, both because of the implied fraternity affiliation and the unfortunate euphony of the sequence of letters the club, acting with the Graduate Association, has officially adopted he name "Kex". The latter has been the familiar title of the club among its graduates for twenty years, and for this reason was selected...