Word: formalize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Candidate Smith prepared to go to the Biltmore Country Club at Asheville, N. C., for a pre-campaign rest. His formal, militant debut as a candidate for the nomination was scheduled for April...
...Loveday buccaneered through garish London night life, dipped her black flag to Charles-"formal, formidable, fastidious," to which descriptive f's Loveday later added "fatuous, fulsome," because of his devotion to a silly mother, self-styled "Petal." Bankrupt, Pirate Loveday shipped for foreign parts as partner to a professional dancer. In Budapest he attempted his own interpretation of "keeping company," but Loveday "whooshed"' off to London, on the "wadge" of kronen which a Hungarian tart pulled generously out of her stocking...
...nine o'clock this morning in the New Lecture Hall the class of 1931 will receive its formal introduction to that most perplexing of Freshman problems--choosing a field of concentration. The mechanics of enrolling in a chosen field, the outlines of the tutorial and divisional examination system, and certain general principles to be followed in making this most important of academic decisions will be presented to the assembled Freshmen...
When this resolution reached the White House last week, the political air was full of similar sentiments, expressed for various reasons by Republican statesmen in Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts. Unlike the Wyoming statesmen, however, the others were not dignifying their admiration for President Coolidge by formal petitions to him. For example, in Chicago, Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson was frankly borrowing the Coolidge virtues as window-dressing for a campaign in behalf of discredited Governor Len Small...
...chairman, R. S. Ogden '31, catering Henry Chalfanf '31, cards and posters Daniel Merrimas '31, orchestra, F. M. Pruyn '31, speakers. The rest of the committee will be announced at a later date by Stearns. The Smoker, to be held some time in April, will be the first formal gathering of the class...