Word: fits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Novertheless, this whitewashing of the Freshman classes makes it necessary to account for the negligence or indolence of the other classes in this regard; and of course, the time-honored traditions of "Harvard indifference" can be over-worked to fit any occasion. But whether or not such a thing exists, the true explanation is probably that that the duties of class officers, except in the first and last years, are mostly perfunctory, routine duties and that naturally enough, a realization of this circumstance does not inspire heated electioneering or eager voting. On the other hand, it ought to be equally...
...order to keep Bavarian men and women physically fit, to economize and to reduce unemployment, Dictator von Kahr of Bavaria, proposed compulsory State work of one year for men and six months for women. The proposal was being considered by the Ministry...
...most beautiful children I have ever seen. . . . Although she was but budding into young girlhood, you could visualize the sort of woman she was going to grow to be -strong, keen-minded, intelligent, a woman of quality, fit to mother a prince or a president. I used to call her the wonder girl. Then came the day when they bared her soft, well-rounded arm and jabbed it with the virus point. She didn't want it done. . . . And her par-ents fought against it. ... but the authorities, the tools of the medical autocrats, insisted. So they injected into...
...Planks" of necessity they are, but they fit directly into a scaffolding. And the scaffolding itself suggests a finer structure of which it has only been possible to sketch the elevation. If any nails are to be driven home to ensure the stability of even one upright, the only student body capable of driving them is the representative council. If, as has been so far promised by vague rumorings, it shakes off its former lethargy, it can wield to effect the hammer it has long unconsciously held...
...mixed with air, as in a gasoline engine, whence it is drawn into the cylinders. To develop the same power as gasoline, a larger tank must be used, but the cost is only one-third as much. Very little change needs to be made in regular engines to fit them for the charcoal system...