Word: gone
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...battered concertina to the son she never spoke to?a gift that put him on the path of music and led him to become a great pianist, later. Passage of years?Bertha at last returned to Front Street?to find the old landmarks changed, the old boarding house gone, herself growing...
...lawyers of Sicily have gone on strike, and no cases are being heard before the courts because of the lack of counsel. The reason for the strike-a tax has been imposed upon Sicilian attorneys for the exercise of their profession. The Royal Commissioner refused the lawyers any relief. They walked...
...successful player, and censure, sometimes disgracefully severe, for the man who errs. Among the graduates of both Harvard and Yale there are men whose happiness has been seriously affected for a time as the result of mistakes made in a Harvard-Yale game. More than one player has gone down in college history as 'the man who fumbled the punt' or 'the man who missed the tackle...
Meanwhile the United States is allowing its forces to degenerate into merely nominal fighting units. General Pershing's warnings have gone unheeded before a penurious or misguided Congress. And in the Navy, which is perhaps even more important for all emergencies, chasers and destroyers are allowed to disintegrate at their piers through lack of funds and personnel, and both the aeroplane and submarine service are undersize. Perhaps the national lethargy is temporary; it is to be hoped that it is brief, for to bring the navy up to its allowed quota--beyond a doubt a necessity--will soon involve enormous...
...purpose of ridding so many students of the shyness that is felt for super-classical music. Mr. Isaacson illustrates his points by having opera stars sing parts from some of the better known operas followed by a brief resume of the story of the opera. He has gone all over the world giving his lectures during the past eight years with the cooperation of 300 volunteers who were interested in fine arts for the masses, establishing real liking for the better class of music...