Word: foe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...regularly admitted new freshmen of whom 214 were admitted without examination under the new "one-seventh" method of admission; 32 men admitted by transfer from other colleges and provisionally classified, and 83 dropped freshmen, including those readmitted. Of the group admitted without examination, 16 per cent, were placed on foe "Dean's List," as compared with 9 per cent of the class as a whole; and 12 per cent of the men so admitted were reported for unsatisfactory records, whereas 23 per cent of the class as a whole were reported...
...Straton has been a vigorous foe of the modern dancing, through his investigations causing the arrest of several proprietors of New York dancing palaces. He believes that a dance craze has fallen upon the American people, and following along in its wake are drinking and licentiousness...
...that its allowance of a "reasonable salary" as earned income, in cases such as those of storekeepers would be difficult to determine and it would be better to class all income under $5,000 as earned income, 4) that inspection of tax returns by Congressional Committees would not foe objectionable providing the proceeding were secret, 5) that increased Federal estate taxes are unwise since this is a principal source of state income, 6) that tax on gifts would be difficult to enforce and yield little revenue, although it would tend to destroy the total capital of the country, 7) that...
Through four-score years and ten, the Foe pursuing...
...like New York so well that the Convention will come to New York from now on? every four years." That night there was another dinner ?a dinner of rejoicing at the Shoreham. Boss Murphy of Tammany almost forgot that The World, although Democratic in politics, is Tammany's foe. He, who never speaks in public, rose and carefully said: "I want to propose a toast?a toast to that able and active man, Herbert Bayard Swope." Public Ledger (Philadelphia...