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Word: getting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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What are we going to do about it? That is what all the discussion is about; we are trying to discover what is the proper course to pursue in regard to the matter. Unoffending taciturnity will not get us far along the road; better that a few of us, apparently aware of what the other was saying, should venture to discuss something so remote from our daily lives, than that all of us should keep our lips closed for fear of incurring the righteous indignation of an uninitiated person. But this step of ours was premature; we are "entirely incompetent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Closing the Subject. | 4/4/1918 | See Source »

...meeting of all men interested in golf will be held tonight in the H. A. A. at 8.20. The management is negotiating for matches with Yale, Exeter and various country clubs, and arrangements are being made to get the use of the links of some golf club nearby...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golfers Organize This Evening | 4/4/1918 | See Source »

...down deep and ask yourself what you are doing and whether you cannot be of more service. Get into the war and back your beliefs and high sentiments with real deeds. If you ought to be in the army, get into it. If you ought to be here, make every minute count. In any case, be an American twenty-four hours of every day and learn that slackers are bred of the stuff which is satisfied with "doing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS" | 4/3/1918 | See Source »

Ward and Hallowell led the University batters, both getting two singles. Holmes, first baseman of the 1921 nine, was the only player on either team to get an extra-base hit, sending a long drive to right centre for a double...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY NINE HUMBLED 1921 | 4/3/1918 | See Source »

...individual to buy Liberty Bonds instead of things which he does not now need, however much he may desire them. In the first place, if one intends to buy a luxury, now is a poor time to buy it, because prices are inflated and one will not get very much for one's money. The same money, if one will save it, will buy more after the war is over and prices have returned to a normal level. A Liberty Bond is as good as cash and can readily be turned into cash. Besides, if one will save the interest...

Author: By Thomas NIXON Carver, | Title: PURCHASER OF U. S. BONDS ADDS TO OWN ADVANTAGE | 4/2/1918 | See Source »

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