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Word: fates (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...schools, alumni. The vision of the founder has never been realized; his ideal of a huge gathering-place for half a dozen college generations is one beyond the possibilities or desires of Harvard individualism; but the functions of the Union are no less important for being more limited. Its fate is a concern of all the two thousand five hundred members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNION'S FUTURE | 2/21/1929 | See Source »

...seven torches of character, faith, motive, beauty, work, knowledge, conquest, God. Basil King writes a book inspiring in its powerful conclusion--that man can and must control his fate...

Author: By Basil King, | Title: THE SEVEN TORCHES OF CHARACTER | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

...skies may hang over such courses as Philosophy A or Evolution 6, the mediocre but conscientious Tufts student can now know that the brightest of silver linings beams out from the old report card with an A in Conventional Religion 1. It is better perhaps not to consider the fate of the always possible naughty boy who by a miscalculation or the failure of the alarm clock rates the abhorred FF. Shunned by his believing classmates, his allowance cut-off mayhap from home, he is left only the chance of staying in a game with a double ante...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALL GOD'S CHILLUN GET A's | 2/12/1929 | See Source »

...seller: Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp. The buyer: Frederick Brown, realtor. The price: circa $6,000,000. The Hippodrome's fate: presumably to be demolished, a fraternal organization's Manhattan home to be built on the site...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Hippodrome | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

...when she reached a clearing she could see a cloud of his fellows in waterspout formation pointing like a finger down to the knoll in the swamp. She was betrayed. In an agony of fear and bafflement Hagar of the massive torso and puny wit, surrendered to her fate. But suddenly a beautiful idea dawned: "A nigger killin' heself by what de white folks calls committin' suicide."?"Everybody know nigger nebber kill heself."?"Why dat is?"?" 'Cause nigger ain't worry heself dat much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Worry | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

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