Word: fashionableness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...against the middle. But whatever the future may bring forth, Lloyd George will no doubt have a solution and will sign more pacts to straighten matters out. He has been in tight places before, and he, has always been able to dig his way out in a most remarkable fashion...
...other fellow's opinion about us. But if we are to criticise Harvard fairly, it might be wiser to search for the underlying philosophy of this University, rather than to measure its fallings by standards created to suit the ideals of other colleges. It has become the fashion, in education, in literature, to attack the "genteel" tradition of New England, to compare it--unfavorably, of course,--with the breezy lack of tradition of the West. And the hostility, the suspicion with which Harvard is regarded, is simply a part of that general contempt of the New America for an ancient...
...other hand, the Ramblers, although taking up most of the first period in developing, showed a pleasing exhibition of team-work and profitable individual flashes. Standing high above other members of the team usefulness was George Owen. On the defense he calculated his blocking and checking tactics in better fashion than has been seen in a Crimson game this season, and in stick-work, speed, and accomplishments he was better even than the forwards. The Ramblers kept their positions more accurately than their opponents, although Bigelow roved about considerably...
...Eddie Buzzell, appeared in a cheerful sketch involving a will, a widow and a few tunes. Jack Osterman showed his inimitable gift of entertaining an audience without doing anything in particular and Ethel MacDonough gave a brief series of monologues setting forth a typical day of a lady of fashion. The Balliot trio did a bit of clever juggling...
...immense bill for the reparation of damage done by the German armies in the invaded territory is now due and France is the creditor. Germany, her territory practically untouched by the war, is attempting to evade the penalty of her acts in characteristic fashion. Her economic condition, she claims, is not equal to the sum demanded; her debts are too large; she cannot pay: and because Germans are very clever at specious arguing many are won to the belief that the amount specified is really too large. A careful examination of the facts in the case, however, proves the German...