Word: fearfully
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...liberty which looks upon it as a system of disconnected parts, free from co-operation. Freedom is the chance to relate oneself to the force and activity of the mass without destroying oneself, and does not exist in factories where the operatives beg reformers to let things be for fear that reforms will simply cause more suffering and hardship for them, rather than a comparatively slight sacrifice on the part of the employer...
...counted 150 women in the two sections especially reserved for men who should cheer, it seemed as if that feature of supporting the team had been done away with. But no! the cheers went on; but such cheers! Are the undergraduates craven? Do we hold ourselves in check for fear of making too much noise? We do not. But when the laxity of ticket distribution has allowed 150 women, nearly as many children, and more than as many old men and neutrals, what can we do? We can do our best and I think we did--but what a handicap...
...think her an investigator and refuse, and how "Skinny" tries to run away from his "father" and live with the "niggers who don't have to work." He has been put at a warping machine which is working very badly and has killed two men the week before, and fear of it spurs...
...less value. If you were glad to be appointed an adviser and thought it worth while to devote some time and energy toward fulfilling your obligation, surely it is worth while to strike a second blow while the iron is hot that will leave you no room to fear that your part was not done. A smoker or a reception for all your own and your room-mate's advisees sometime in the future when College is well under way is an excellent plan. Just now, however, it is the time for the Senior to meet his group of Freshmen...
...from taxation. The citizens of Cambridge were not slow to conclude that what Springfield regarded as a most profitable investment-to wit, a three-million dollar institution free from taxation-could not be a bad thing for Cambridge; and accordingly they asked Technology to remove to this city, without fear, now or hereafter, of being assailed by the taxassessors. This agitation contributed greatly toward altering the public sentiment toward Harvard; for, if the best business men of Cambridge-despite the traditional clamor against Harvard's exemption-declared that it would be very desirable to increase the untaxed property...