Word: favorities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...thinking man will favor, in the name of liberalism, scurrilous attacks which originate from no higher cause than to embarrass Harvard at a time when all eyes are turned upon it. The exhibitionists, parading under the guise of "Liberalism" only alienate supporters of their beliefs, rather than enlist the sympathies of free-thinkers. An indictment so thoroughly out of taste and irrelevant can but damage the cause which its promoters claim to advance...
Since team sports are almost wholly restricted to college years and largely abandoned in later life in favor of golf, tennis and squash, early preparation along these lines will repay the individual many times over. When one remembers that the University can be represented every bit at ably by means of non-organized athletics the incentive should prove strong to turn to the courts or the swimming pool rather than blindly follow the herd onto the grid-iron or the hockey-rink. Organized athletics are normally and naturally the corner-stone of Harvard's outdoor life, but it cannot...
...primary old white-crested "Jim" Couzens lost to Wilber Marion Brucker, who was Republican Governor of Michigan until he was washed out on the ebb of the Old Deal tide in 1932. Last April when Mr. Brucker decided to run against Senator Couzens he had in his favor the following facts: 1) he was born on June 23, 1894, the same day that the then Duchess of York gave birth to the now Edward VIII; 2) he was the son of a onetime Democratic Congressman; 3) he was a pre-Repeal Dry; 4) he weighed...
...planets. At Blackpool, Sir James said that a colleague had recently pointed out to him that this theory failed to account for the fast rotation speeds of the big outer planets, which have short days of about ten hours. The astronomer indicated his readiness to abandon the theory in favor of a better...
...spite of the change of form, it is clearly Galsworthy that we see, for the completely impartial presentation has sure earmarks of that placid soul. The favor of the spectator is skillfully kept hanging in the balance, and the genius of the conceiving spirit makes amends for the occasional crudity of the production, such as the very drab courtroom scenes. Mr. Rathbone's support is good but not notable...