Word: grimness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...well-nigh over a century since the Jew has been let out of the grim ghettos to fight the battle of conscience and convenience in this strange world in which he had been placed by the turning fortunes of his history. As yet no adequate solution has been found. Some, weary with the long struggle, throw the burden of inheritance overboard, and thus emancipated, freed, and untrammeled, set out to claim their share of the world's goods, in which they are quite often very successful. But instead of being welcomed by the world, they are not infrequently regarded...
...answer is that Americans have little respect for the law; we are the world's greatest example of cheerful criminals. There is a grim seriousness in a cartoon which appears in "Collier's" over the caption: "If everybody is going to play on the other side, it's too much to expect anyone to be enthusiastic about being 'It'." We see a crowd of American citizens rushing madly over a lone policeman; the members of the assemblage can be identified by numerous placards: "tax dodgers," "home brew," "anything is legal if you can get by," "gentlemanly violators of contracts," "unlawful...
...Yale, we meet an able foe--a team which will not give in to defeat, and a college which overcomes discouragemen by a redoubled faith and confidence. Both the team and the University, by their fighting qualities and their grim dctermination, have long commanded our highest respect and admiration. We are proud to be their guests and opponents this afternoon...
...expect Harvard to win and I confidently believe that Harvard has the power and the ability to win, but I am certain that Harvard cannot win unless they play superior football beyond what they have yet displayed. This will require not only the same grim determination that has characterized the play of recent Harvard elevens but also the absolute support of graduates and undergraduates alike in the realization that Yale can only be beaten by Harvard's best football...
...should know better than James L. Knox '98 that football "dopesters" are more apt to be wrong than right, that grim determination on one side and overconfidence on the other can undo in a week a season of victories...