Word: fashion
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...forced upon our young men in high school and college. Other large numbers, encouraged by the War Department, are voluntarily undertaking military training. That is to say, in this country large and increasing numbers of our students, the potential leaders of tomorrow, are being trained for war in such fashion that they accept the inevitability of conflict...
...gave many Bostonians something to talk about that morning. They were sorry that the Herald had not said more about such an interesting man. Some readers, indeed, claiming to have perused other accounts, described to their friends the scene at Mr. Osborne's deathbed, dealing in dramatic fashion with the pathetic figure of the aged warden, decrepit but courageous still, dying unattended. These glib ones might have been grateful if someone had warned them that even the Herald's two-inch notice (an Associated Press despatch) contained certain inaccuracies...
...from Wolf, the Pennsylvania high stick artist. The Southern California high hurdlers had a perfect day, two of them taking first places and the third finishing second to Wells of Dartmouth, who led the way in the third heat. Moore of Penn State won the last race in handy fashion, and West of Stanford and Haas, the Georgetown captain, progressed to the finals with second honors. The high obstacle event should bring about some of the closest competition of the meet this afternoon, and on a fast track Dye is due to threaten the mark set by Earl Thompson...
...made when the mental strain was lacking. It does not necessarily follow that a man is a poor competitor when he fails to make his best mark in the Intercollegiate competition. The same strain which is an asset to a runner tightens up the shot putter in such a fashion that he is fighting himself. I do not know if this is clear but the tenseness works against the rhythmic movements...
There was born this week of a mother in South Bend, home of clocks, twins, as the barker would say, "in human flesh", joined in that integral fashion hitherto solely suggestive of Siamese ancestry. The parents are Americans. So there is no longer need to think that, though she excels in sports and morality and feminine jankles, America is without Siamese twins. That day, to use the words of the successful reformer is gone forever...