Word: fellows
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harry Lauder's reputation rests not alone on his position as an entertainer and a singer, for he is a lecturer of equal ability. In war-time, his work in raising funds for the relief of wounded soldiers and in maintaining the morale of his fellow countrymen brought him his knighthood and his greatest fame...
Nevertheless, it came as a distinct surprise to her to learn from the papers that she was to be named as co-respondent when Larry Fay was sued for divorce. Larry, a young fellow who had hoped for a quiet, homy home, soon found that not only was he not to have that, but that he had even lost the highly-spiced wife who could have given it to him and wouldn...
...other similar case that comes to my knowledge. I propose in the interest of readers to put a stop to this practice, to the unauthorized carrying off of books from the reserved shelves, and to all other underhanded or discreditable methods of obtaining an unfair advantage over fellow students. In serious cases I shall not hesitate to post the names of offenders, and if at any time it seems best I may report these cases to the Dean...
...This word was selected because best of all it conjured up nauseating visions, true portraits of the lawbreakers, and suggested to every right-thinking person their deep and ignominious depravity. Just repeat "scofflaw" quietly several times; its deadly effect is immediately apparent. Anyone who applies the term to a fellow citizen will do well to follow the famous advice of "the Virginian",--"When you call me that--smile...
...resistance for the critics was Bellows' Crucifixion. There, set amid violent lights and shadows, with "portentous storm clouds swirling over Calvary," a gaunt, muscular, physical Christ depends from the cross. The sweet Christ, the mild Christ, the frail Christ are not there. He is a tremendous peasant fellow. His muscles bulge. His members are large, cumbrous, powerful, those of a toiler, of a great struggler. On his face are the passing marks of the death agony, the last contortions of pain passing in the peace of unconsciousness...