Word: finality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...final period in his life was devoted to consolidating the revolution. He was first entrusted with the peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk, being later succeeded there by Leon Trotsky. He then was appointed first Soviet Ambassador to Berlin, whence twelve years before he had been expelled. His activities in preparing the way for the German revolution, however, forced the Imperial Government to hand him his passports. He returned home to become Commissar for Foreign Affairs...
Just for a final fling in academic circles before the weekend descends upon us, and for re-entrance into the groves of learning when the haze has lifted, the Vagabond considers the following lectures of interest...
...English department this year, Professor Tatlock declared that the students would gain more from their reading if access to tutorial conferences was made possible. The cessation of tutorial work just prior to the reading period would afford both tutors and students a rest in preparation for the final study before mid-year examinations, as well as give the student additional time for study in the last section meetings of his course, Professor Tatlock believes...
...Yale men who were in the Stadium that afternoon--it will mean much more; it will mean that another Harvard team lived up to the fighting standards of previous Harvard teams, refusing to be influenced by predicted scores and ceasing to play the game only at the final whistle...
...days long past, not longer ago than last year, in fact, two alternate prospects of equal brightness offered themselves to the losing side of the stands as the final whistle blew and the sun shot its last rays over the colonades. There were two possibilities. Either the goal posts would go after a vicious struggle, or the goal posts would stand after an equally titanic contest. One implied physical effort, the other a mental battle. Both were in a way unsatisfactory. If the victors took the wooden standards they were unconscionably rude. If they left them alone they were incredibly...